NIGP 91849: Finance/Economics Consulting

NIGP 91849 Finance/Economics Consulting, an Item code, encompasses advisory services on financial planning, cost structure analysis, economic impact assessment, and fiscal sustainability that state and local governments procure to support policy development, operational efficiency, and strategic investment. Recent solicitations show governments contracting for job classification and compensation studies, grants administration support, development impact fee analysis, actuarial valuations, municipal financial advising, depreciation studies, investment consulting, and economic development planning—work grounded in quantitative analysis of revenue adequacy, operational costs, workforce value, and market conditions rather than abstract consulting. Issuing bodies span county governments, cities, transportation authorities, special districts, and state departments; Whitfield County Board of Commissioners (Georgia), Orange County (California), the Orange County Transportation Authority, Sacramento County, and the City of Sarasota appear as repeat buyers across the recent opportunities block. The geographic spread of recent activity centers on California, Georgia, and Florida, with secondary activity in Colorado, Oregon, New Mexico, Illinois, and Texas.

Representative opportunities include Whitfield County Board of Commissioners' sealed RFP for a Job Classification and Pay Study covering approximately 800 county employees across 200+ job classifications, due November 20, 2026, emphasizing internal equity analysis, market compensation benchmarking, and implementation guidance; Orange County Transportation Authority's RFP for grants administration consultant support on an as-needed basis for post-award compliance and budget management across $1 billion in state and federal grant funds, due March 5, 2026, with a $250,000 two-year budget and mandatory interviews; County of Sacramento's on-call RFQ for financial consulting on development impact fees, Community Facilities Districts, and fiscal impact analyses, due October 8, 2026, structured as time-and-materials with task-order pricing; and Boulder County Office of Financial Management's RFP for independent financial auditing services for the five-year term January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2031, incorporating Single Audits, ACFR review, and PERA Census Audits under GAAS and Government Auditing Standards, with historical incumbent fees in the $120,000–$136,000 annual range for primary services. Requests for Qualification and competitive sealed proposals dominate the notice type; question deadlines typically occur two to four weeks before proposals are due.