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

NIGP 91735 Contracted Services, Travel/Hotel W/Rec, an Item code, encompasses hotel room blocks, conference facilities, catering, and transportation logistics that state and local governments procure for employee training events, emergency response operations, and staff travel during conferences and multi-day professional gatherings. Recent solicitations show state agencies, county governments, school districts, and special-purpose authorities buying fixed-price or per-unit hotel accommodations, meeting space packages bundled with audiovisual support and meals, ground transportation for groups, and disaster-response base camp lodging with full operational infrastructure. The work ranges from single-vendor hotel room blocks with negotiated rates to comprehensive multi-day conference packages requiring venue selection, catering coordination, and logistics management over multi-year terms.

State agencies dominate recent activity in this code, with the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, Texas Veterans Commission, and State of Illinois posting multiple solicitations for training lodging and conference space; Florida entities including Monroe County, Broward County, Florida Virtual School, Keys Energy Services, Valencia College, and Central Florida Electric Cooperative have posted opportunities for paratransit travel services, convention venue packages, emergency lodging, and storm-response base camps. Monroe County's Social Services Transportation Disadvantaged Program (RFP 638, due July 21, 2026) solicits comprehensive paratransit and demand-response services with a 15-year experience requirement and a one-year initial term with four optional renewals. The Texas Veterans Commission's 2027 Annual Conference RFI (40320261801, response deadline May 16, 2026) seeks a single venue for 700–800 daily attendees requiring 2,088 room nights, meeting space for breakout sessions, audiovisual services, and complimentary amenities. Florida Virtual School's Annual Professional Learning Conference RFP (RFP012604955B01APLCEVXXXXXX, due June 3, 2026) covers five years of multi-day events serving 3,800 staff with all-inclusive rates for meeting space, hotel, catering, and AV support across Orange, Osceola, and Seminole counties. Broward County's travel-trade project specialist roles (due May 22, 2026) at $99,900 each focus on destination marketing and travel-trade relationship management in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking markets. The Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs and State of Illinois have posted hotel room block solicitations and conference logistics RFQs for training events (due February 13 and February 10, 2026 respectively). Pricing structures vary widely: fixed per-mile rates for paratransit, per-night government hotel rates with room-occupancy variations, all-inclusive conference packages with unit pricing for breakout rooms and audiovisual services, and firm fixed-price contracts for specialized services like base camps and training logistics. Recent activity concentrates in Florida, Illinois, Missouri, and Texas, with school districts and transit authorities joining state and county agencies as primary buyers.