NIGP 916: Communications and Technical Services, Higher Education

NIGP 916 Communications and Technical Services, Higher Education is a Class code. State and local governments buy organizational assessments, technical assistance and support services, consulting services, marketing communications, streaming and broadcast systems, and software platforms under this code—work typically delivered by independent consultants, regional service providers, and technology vendors serving municipal, county, school district, higher education, and transit authority clients. Recent solicitations show a mix of strategic planning and organizational development (City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation Department organizational assessment, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Open Educational Resources grant support), student support and enrichment services (Stockton Unified School District academic and emotional support programming), communications and marketing (North Florida Transportation Planning Organization marketing consultant services), and specialized broadcast and streaming technology (Hillsborough County video content delivery and government meeting archiving system). The code also captures regional cooperative purchasing vehicles offering contracted services on a catalog-discount basis, as evidenced by Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative's two-year services catalog procurement in Texas.

Issuing bodies span state higher education agencies, county and municipal departments, independent school districts, transit authorities, and special-purpose regional cooperatives across California, Texas, and Florida. Geographic activity clusters in California (Santa Cruz, Stockton, and THECB initiatives), Texas (THECB, Region 7 Cooperative, and state-level cooperative purchasing through TIPS-USA), and Florida (Hillsborough County and North Florida TPO). Recent representative opportunities include the City of Santa Cruz RFP for Parks and Recreation Department organizational assessment with proposals due July 17, 2026; Stockton Unified School District RFP 26-27-02 for academic and emotional support services, encouraging DBE, SLBE, and SELBE participation, with responses due August 4, 2026; the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board RFP 781-6-CB-14 for OER grant program technical assistance with a July 1, 2026 contract start and HUB subcontracting requirements under Texas Government Code Chapter 2161; and Hillsborough County's sole-source procurement of the Cablecast VIO2 OMNI broadcast and content-delivery system with proposals due June 22, 2026. The code also captures vendor networking and business development events—Marion County and Williamson County forums, Central Florida NIGP Reverse Trade Show, and FAPPO's statewide annual tradeshow—that facilitate vendor-agency relationship building across multiple jurisdictions rather than procure discrete deliverables.