NIGP 91820: Business Consulting, Small

NIGP 91820 Business Consulting, Small (Item) covers operational assessments, feasibility studies, strategic planning, and process-improvement facilitation that state and local government agencies use to enhance departmental efficiency, evaluate program performance, and inform policy development. Recent solicitations show counties and cities procuring consultants for permit-process streamlining, customer-service training curriculum design, indigent-defense program evaluation, municipal fee studies, executive recruitment, housing-stability program design, and strategic planning across economic development, workforce, and infrastructure domains. The issuing bodies span state agencies, county departments, cities, and special-purpose authorities; San Mateo County and Sacramento County appear in multiple recent opportunities. Work is solicited through RFPs and RFQs with response dates typically 4–8 weeks out, and evaluation generally emphasizes experience and methodology (40–50 percent weight) over cost (10–25 percent weight). San Mateo County's local-business preference and Sacramento County's airport financial consulting scope signal sector-specific concentration in municipal operations, development review, and public finance.

Geographic activity concentrates in California, Georgia, Oregon, Washington, and Florida, with recent postings from San Mateo County and Sacramento County (California), Invest Atlanta and Columbus Consolidated Government (Georgia), Oregon Business Development Department and Washington Department of Commerce, City of Apopka and San Bernardino County (Florida), and Charlotte Douglas International Airport and City of College Park (North Carolina). Representative recent opportunities include San Mateo County Executive's Office RFP for a permit-process facilitator (due August 3, 2026), Sacramento County RFP for customer-service training design and delivery to 250 Development Review Team staff (curriculum development, 10–12 half-day sessions, evaluation favoring relevant government experience), San Mateo County RFP for Private Defender Program evaluation across 13 assessment areas (due July 13, 2026, three-year term), Washington Department of Commerce RFP for Pacific Tower space-utilization analysis and restacking recommendations (due May 15, 2026, $215,000 budget), and Invest Atlanta RFQC for standing vendor pools across six TAD redevelopment disciplines on an as-needed task-order basis (due July 20, 2026). Cooperative purchasing mechanisms such as NASPO ValuePoint (South Dakota RFP 23420 for statewide master agreements, due June 3, 2026) expand access to these opportunities across multiple jurisdictions. Contract terms typically run 1–3 years with optional renewals; insurance requirements commonly specify general liability of $1–2 million and professional liability of $1–2 million. Set-asides vary by jurisdiction; some solicitations encourage MBE/WBE/SBE participation or apply local-vendor preferences, while others carry no formal disadvantaged-business designations.