NIGP 91839: Elevator/Escalator/Moving Walks Consulting Services

NIGP 91839 Elevator/Escalator/Moving Walks Consulting Services, an Item code, encompasses the specialized technical and project management services state and local governments procure to plan, engineer, modernize, and maintain vertical conveyance systems across municipal facilities, convention centers, courthouses, parking structures, and transit properties. Recent solicitations show governments buying elevator and escalator modernization project consulting, condition assessments, technical feasibility studies, and related engineering services—distinct from the installation or maintenance labor itself, though modernization bids often bundle design-build scope. Issuing bodies span counties (Orange County, Florida; Harris County, Texas; Volusia County, Florida; Henry County, Georgia; Boulder County, Colorado), cities (Tucson, Madison, Parker, College Park, Savannah), state agencies (Illinois Chief Procurement Office), special-purpose authorities (Georgia World Congress Center Authority, Invest Atlanta), and universities (Savannah State). Henry County, Georgia appears twice in the recent block with maintenance RFPs, and Florida counties (Orange, Volusia) are active in large-scale modernization work.

Geographic activity clusters in Florida, Georgia, Texas, Colorado, Arizona, and Illinois, with the largest recent projects concentrated in Florida and Texas. Representative recent opportunities include Orange County, Florida's sealed-bid IFB for the Orange County Convention Center Campus Elevator-Escalator Replace and Modernization Phase 1A (Solicitation Y27705, due October 20, 2026, estimated value $21.665 million over approximately three years), which requires sealed electronic bids via OpenGov, pre-bid meeting August 27, 2026, simultaneous replacement of 12 escalators and 8 elevators in night and weekend windows with 24/7 fire watch and utility coordination; Harris County's RFP for in-truss modernization of six KONE escalators at the Harris County Civil Courthouse (Solicitation 260290, due November 9, 2026, estimated budget $2.5 million); Georgia World Congress Center Authority's RFP for in-truss modernization of 13 escalators and complete replacement of 4 escalators at Building C (Solicitation PE92200RFP2027000000090, due August 27, 2026, with mandatory proposal conference and site visit August 6, 2026); and the City of Tucson's RFP for preventive maintenance and repair of approximately 47 vertical conveyance units across city facilities on an annual requirements basis (Solicitation 260200, due July 7, 2026, subject to HUD, FTA, and ARPA federal compliance requirements including Section 3 and DBE provisions). Service Disabled Veteran Business preferences appear in Florida procurements; local-vendor preferences are active in Florida (Volusia County, 3–5 percent), Georgia (Henry County), Colorado (Parker), and Wisconsin (Madison). The code sees steady activity with mixed bid-to-RFP splits, though modernization work often draws sealed competitive bids while maintenance contracts favor RFPs weighted toward qualifications.