NIGP 91824: Communications Consulting

NIGP 91824 Communications Consulting is an Item code that encompasses strategic advocacy, outreach program development, community engagement planning, marketing campaign execution, and stakeholder communications support being solicited across municipalities, counties, transit authorities, state agencies, and educational institutions. State and local governments buy federal lobbying services, community health assessment engagement strategies, public information campaigns for transportation and utility projects, media relations and crisis communications, workforce development advocacy, referendum education campaigns, and marketing support for both capital projects and organizational initiatives under this code. Recent solicitations show issuing bodies ranging from small cities like Gallup, New Mexico and College Park, Georgia to major transit authorities like Orange County Transportation Authority and Great Lakes Water Authority, state departments including Washington Commerce and Oregon OLCC, county health agencies, and university systems, reflecting distributed activity across governance tiers.

Representative recent opportunities span diverse geographies and scopes. The City of Gallup issued RFP 2026202701 on July 17, 2026, seeking federal lobbying services with an August 6 response date and preference scoring for New Mexico residents and Native American businesses. San Mateo County Health posted RFQ 2026RFPINFORMAL00585 on July 16, 2026, for community engagement consultants to support a County Health Assessment through August 7, seeking three nonprofit organizations with cultural competency in reaching priority populations. The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) has posted multiple communications and outreach RFPs for rail capital projects in California, including streetcar marketing (RFP 250036, $200,000 initial two-year term with $250,000 optional extension) and community engagement services (RFP 250090, $885,000 for two years targeting underserved populations). The Washington State Department of Commerce issued RFP 2026FEMAOE on July 13, 2026, for energy resilience outreach funded through FEMA disaster recovery grants at up to $230,000 on reimbursement basis through May 2027. Activity clusters in California, Washington, Georgia, Florida, Kansas, and Texas, with significant federal pass-through funding evident in FTA-funded transit procurements (North Florida TPO), FEMA emergency management grants, and HUD affordable housing initiatives. Competitive intensity is moderate to high across all issuing body types, with evaluation commonly emphasizing relevant experience (20–30 points), technical approach and methodology (25–40 points), team qualifications (10–25 points), and cost (10–30 points); local preference, diversity inclusion plans, and set-asides for SBE, MBE, WBE, or VBE entities appear in roughly 40 percent of recent solicitations.