NIGP 917: Contracted Services and Rentals, Higher Education

NIGP 917 Contracted Services and Rentals, Higher Education is a Class code covering professional services, facility management, program support, and operational services procured by higher education institutions, school districts, workforce boards, and housing authorities. State and local buyers under this code are securing academic and student support services, property and facility management, program administration, software platforms for operational transaction processing, specialized event services, and flexible financial assistance programming. The mix of issuing bodies spans public universities (Texas State University, Texas Southern University, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), large independent school districts (Stockton Unified, Birdville ISD), county housing authorities (Boulder County Housing Authority), workforce development boards (Workforce Solutions South Plains), city housing departments (City of Santa Monica), and county government departments. Texas Southern University and Texas State University appear as repeat buyers with multiple capital and operational procurements posted in the recent window, while Boulder County Housing Authority solicited two concurrent exterior rehabilitation projects for multifamily housing complexes.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, California, Colorado, Florida, and Wisconsin, with Texas showing the highest volume of recent solicitations across university, school district, and workforce board buyers. Representative recent opportunities include Stockton Unified School District's RFP 26-27-02 (posted July 16, 2026, due August 4, 2026) for academic, extracurricular, and emotional support services for at-risk students, valued at an estimated $6 million over five years with DBE, SLBE, and SELBE encouragement; the City of Santa Monica's Flexible Financial Assistance program RFP (due February 20, 2026) offering up to $6 million in funding across five years to establish and operate a housing loss prevention program for eligible residents; the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' RFP-26-00210 (due May 1, 2026) for a cloud-based payment and program management software platform supporting parks, recreation, athletics, and facilities management with an estimated value of $555,000 over three years; and the Birdville Independent School District's RFCSP 015-26 (due March 20, 2026) for facilities, maintenance, and transportation supplies and services with an estimated annual value of $4,132,721. Set-asides and preferences appear selectively; Stockton Unified explicitly encourages DBE, SLBE, and SELBE participation, while Birdville ISD weights historically underutilized business compliance in evaluation criteria.