NIGP 91827: Community Development Consulting

NIGP 91827 Community Development Consulting, an Item code, encompasses planning and strategic advisory services that state and local governments procure to analyze land use, housing, economic development, resilience, and community needs—and to guide policy and implementation decisions at jurisdictional and regional scales. Recent state and local opportunities show municipalities, counties, and regional planning organizations contracting for comprehensive plan updates, zoning code rewrites, feasibility studies, community engagement facilitation, master planning, fee studies, and strategic planning across housing, economic development, sustainability, and infrastructure. The scope ranges from narrowly scoped corridor studies and impact fee analyses to multidisciplinary engagements spanning land use policy, urban design, fiscal analysis, and implementation roadmaps; many solicitations explicitly pair policy analysis with meaningful stakeholder engagement and adoption support, reflecting a trend toward co-design and community-centered planning delivery.

Issuing bodies are concentrated among city and county planning and development departments, regional planning organizations, and housing finance commissions across multiple states. Recent activity shows repeat buyers including the City of Fort Myers (Land Development Code rewrite, RFP 26-107, responses due November 6, 2026), multiple Georgia jurisdictions (Peachtree City, Cedartown, Mableton, Hapeville, Woodstock, McDonough, Effingham County), Florida counties (Flagler, Collier, Leon), and California counties (San Mateo, Sacramento, DeKalb, Harris). Geographic distribution spans Florida, Georgia, California, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, and South Carolina; Georgia represents a significant concentration with at least eight recent solicitations. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Fort Myers' comprehensive Land Development Code rewrite (RFP 26-107, proposals due November 6, 2026, emphasizing redevelopment feasibility and code predictability), the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado's zoning code analysis and amendment project (solicitation 2540, proposals due September 3, 2026, federally grant-funded via EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant with $160,000 Phase 1 funding and $2.48 million Phase 2 funding pending), Collier County's Invitation to Negotiate for Port of the Islands property development or disposition (ITN 26-8679, proposals due October 14, 2026, with Track A affordable housing and Track B outright purchase options), and DeKalb County's Candler Road/Flat Shoals Parkway Livable Centers Initiative Master Plan update (proposals due October 30, 2026, partially federally funded with Davis-Bacon wage compliance required).