NIGP 91739: Contracted Services, Travel/Transport W/Rec

NIGP 91739 Contracted Services, Travel/Transport W/Rec is an Item code under which state and local governments procure educational travel programs, student transportation services, and visitor guide/tourism coordination on a contracted basis. Recent solicitations show City Colleges of Chicago repeatedly purchasing sole-source educational travel experiences—civil rights immersion programs, study abroad in Kenya and Panama, and shuttle coordination for symposium attendees—at contract values ranging from $50,000 to $85,000 per program. School districts in Georgia (Bibb County), Texas, and elsewhere solicit charter bus services, fleet maintenance labor rates, and transportation parts annually. Transit authorities and county planning organizations procurement comprehensive paratransit and demand-response transportation for seniors, persons with disabilities, and transportation-disadvantaged populations under state statute or federal grant authority. City of Liberty Hill, Texas, and Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority (DART) on behalf of McKinney Urban Transit District seek turnkey on-demand rideshare and software-as-a-service platforms managing shared-ride operations. The mix of issuing bodies spans community colleges, school districts (K–12), county governments, municipal transit authorities, and special-purpose transportation planning organizations.

Recent opportunities concentrate in Florida (Marion County Transportation Disadvantaged system, Monroe County paratransit, Collier County tourism guide), Illinois (City Colleges of Chicago with multiple educational travel and transportation procurements), Georgia (Clayton County and Bibb County school districts), and Texas (Liberty Hill, McKinney, DART, Texas A&M, Goose Creek ISD, UT Health San Antonio). The Ocala Marion Transportation Planning Organization issued RFP 26P-128 for a Community Transportation Coordinator managing 107,099 annual one-way passenger trips across Marion County beginning January 1, 2027, with four-and-one-half-year term and weighted 400-point evaluation; City Colleges of Chicago posted sole-source review WM2626 for a four-day civil rights educational travel experience to Atlanta, Montgomery, Selma, and Birmingham, March 31–April 3, 2027, valued at $54,366, with public hearing November 2, 2026. Clayton County, Georgia issued RFP 26-44 for Senior Services transportation (non-emergency medical, fixed-route senior center trips, demand response) with proposals due May 29, 2026. City of Alexandria, Virginia solicited Transportation Stipend Card Management Services under RFP 2017 with sealed proposals due August 20, 2026, supporting 750–827 participants over a three-year initial term. School district activity remains steady but lightly specified: Bibb County Schools issued charter bus bids (2026–2027 school year) due September 15, 2026 and labor-rate bids for fleet maintenance due October 23, 2026; Goose Creek CISD solicited Transportation Parts, Supplies and Related Services (CSP 27-004) with proposals due May 18, 2026.