NIGP 91727: Contracted Services, Research Subject

NIGP 91727 Contracted Services, Research Subject, an Item code, encompasses research, planning, curriculum development, and subject-matter expertise consulting that state and local governments procure to support specialized projects across infrastructure, environmental remediation, education, community engagement, and municipal services. Recent solicitations show state and local agencies buying water resources consulting (demand forecasting, infrastructure planning, risk analysis), environmental site assessment and brownfield remediation strategy, semiconductor and photonics curriculum development, historical research and digital asset development, and community survey panel design and recruitment. The issuing bodies span city water departments, environmental agencies, higher-education institutions, parks and recreation departments, and special-purpose development authorities; cities and educational institutions dominate recent activity.

Geographic activity in the past several months centers on Arizona (Phoenix, Tucson), Florida (Valencia College in the Orlando area), Texas (Dallas), and Georgia (Atlanta Beltline), with work scopes and contract structures varying widely — five-year qualified vendor lists with task-order issuance, single-term or multi-year on-call arrangements, fixed-fee project deliverables, and hourly-rate consulting. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Water Service Department's RFQu (issued April 14, 2026, response due March 20, 2026) to prequalify multiple consulting firms across six water resources service categories with a five-year term and task-order pricing; the City of Tucson's RFP 230096 (posted March 24, 2026) for environmental assessment, remediation, and regulatory consultant services for brownfields with DBE participation mandates and Section 3 labor requirements; Valencia College's Quote Request 2026-06 (posted April 13, 2026, due August 7, 2025) for semiconductor and photonics curriculum review and subject-matter expertise with a September-through-December 2025 contract window; and the City of Dallas Parks & Recreation Department's IFB IFSPKRB1700023 (posted February 20, 2026, response due March 2, 2026) for historical research, graphic design, and app development with a June-to-December 2026 delivery timeline.