NIGP 91726: Contracted Services, Research Foundation

NIGP 91726 Contracted Services, Research Foundation (Item) encompasses professional consulting and subject-matter expertise services that state and local entities engage to develop curricula, conduct environmental assessments, and design community research initiatives. Recent state and local solicitations show this code capturing workforce education curriculum development, brownfields remediation consulting, and survey-panel research design — services where issuing bodies contract external expertise to supplement or validate internal capacity rather than procure goods or infrastructure. The mix of issuing bodies spans higher education institutions (Valencia College), municipal departments (City of Tucson), and special-purpose development authorities (Atlanta Beltline, Inc.), each engaging consultants for discrete professional deliverables within defined contract periods.

Valencia College issued a Quote Request (QR 2026-06) posted April 13, 2026, seeking subject-matter expertise to review semiconductor cleanroom and engineering technology curricula, with quotes due August 7, 2025, and a contract period from September 1, 2025, through December 1, 2025. The City of Tucson posted RFP 230096 on March 24, 2026, for on-call environmental assessment and regulatory consulting services supporting brownfields remediation across four neighborhood areas, with proposals due May 5, 2023, and multiple one-year contract periods available with DBE participation mandates and Section 3 worker requirements. Atlanta Beltline, Inc. issued RFP EI2026097 on February 12, 2026, for survey-panel recruitment and design consulting to build a 400-person community panel reflecting neighborhood diversity, with proposals due March 10, 2026, a six-month duration, a budget not to exceed $35,000, and a 30 percent DBE participation goal. Recent activity concentrates in Florida and Georgia, with secondary presence in Arizona. Vendors pursuing this code should anticipate evaluation criteria emphasizing subject-matter depth, community engagement capacity, and regulatory compliance experience, alongside insurance requirements and federal work-authorization verification.