NIGP 91736: Contracted Services, Travel/Meals W/Rec

NIGP 91736 Contracted Services, Travel/Meals W/Rec, Item tier, encompasses professional consulting, project management, event coordination, and specialized workforce services that state and local governments procure on a project or contract basis. Recent activity shows three distinct service streams: educational curriculum development and subject matter expertise (Valencia College seeking semiconductor education curriculum review); convention and visitors bureau trade marketing and travel-trade development across multiple geographic markets (Broward County soliciting project specialists for Continental Europe, United Kingdom and Ireland, Spanish-speaking, and Brazilian travel trade); institutional food service operations including correctional facilities, senior meals, and school nutrition programs (Effingham County Prison and Jail; Clayton County home-delivered meals; Savannah Classical Academy; Montgomery County home-delivered meals; and Northside ISD catering); and paratransit demand-response transportation for disadvantaged populations (Monroe County social services transportation). The issuing bodies span state colleges, county purchasing offices, independent school districts, convention and visitors bureaus, and county social services departments across multiple states.

Geographic activity centers on Florida (Broward County, Monroe County, Valencia College, and related conventions bureaus) and Georgia (Effingham County, Clayton County, Savannah Classical Academy), with broader representation in Pennsylvania (Montgomery County) and Texas (Northside ISD). Representative recent solicitations include Broward County's three open-end project specialist contracts (Continental Europe, UK/Ireland, and Spanish-speaking travel trade, all due September 9–11, 2026 with $99,900 budgets each; RFPs) focused on trade show participation, roadshow coordination, and quarterly market research; Valencia College's Quote Request for semiconductor cleanroom and photonics curriculum subject matter expertise (due August 7, 2025, September–December 2025 performance); Clayton County's home-delivered meals annual contract (RFP #26-68, due June 11, 2026, requiring seven years' experience and quarterly nutritional compliance); Montgomery County's three-year home-delivered meal services RFP (due May 21, 2026, with two-meal-per-weekday delivery across six service zones); Northside ISD's food, restaurants, catering services and concessions IFB covering 34 product categories (due June 11, 2026, one-year term with renewal option); and Monroe County's paratransit demand-response transportation RFP requiring fifteen years' continuous experience and October 1, 2026 operational start (due July 21, 2026).