NIGP 91735: Contracted Services, Travel/Hotel W/Rec

NIGP 91735 Contracted Services, Travel/Hotel W/Rec, an Item code, covers state and local procurement of specialized consulting, program development, and destination-marketing services bundled with travel logistics and hospitality coordination. Recent solicitations show government bodies buying subject-matter expertise for workforce education program design (Valencia College's semiconductor and photonics curricula), emergency lodging coordination and FEMA compliance (Keys Energy Services), and destination-marketing project specialists managing trade events and travel-trade relations across specific geographies and languages. Issuing bodies span higher education institutions, municipal utilities, convention and visitors bureaus, state agencies, and county governments. Valencia College in Florida, Broward County and its Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the City of Key West's utility board are active recent purchasers. Work scopes typically require subject-matter expertise (minimum three years' experience documented), hands-on project management, quarterly or semi-annual reporting, event coordination and logistics, and compliance with federal requirements including prevailing wage, equal employment opportunity, and debarment certifications where federal funding is involved. Pricing structures vary—hourly rates for consulting work, fixed-price all-inclusive contracts for marketing specialists ($99,900 budgets at Broward County), and firm daily or per-mile rates for transportation services.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida, with solicitations posted by Valencia College (October 2026), Keys Energy Services (October 2026), Broward County Convention and Visitors Bureau (August and May 2026), Monroe County (June 2026), and Florida Virtual School (May 2026). The Texas Veterans Commission issued a Request for Information in May 2026 for conference venue and lodging logistics for a 2027 event. Representative opportunities include Valencia College's RFQ for semiconductor curriculum subject-matter expertise (response due August 7, 2025, contract September 1–December 1, 2025); Keys Energy Services' RFP for emergency lodging coordination serving KEYS employees and contractors during hurricanes and disasters (response due March 20, 2026, contract three years with two optional one-year renewals); Broward County's open-end RFP for a Project Specialist for United Kingdom and Ireland Travel Trade ($99,900 estimated contract value, response due September 9, 2026); and Broward County's RFP for a Project Specialist for Spanish Speaking Travel Trade ($99,900 estimated value, response due September 11, 2026). Florida Virtual School's RFP for Annual Professional Learning Conference events 2027–2031 sought venue and hospitality services for 3,800 staff annually (response due June 3, 2026). No set-asides or disadvantaged-enterprise restrictions appear in the recent solicitations reviewed.