NIGP 91875: Management Consulting

NIGP 91875 Management Consulting, an Item code, encompasses advisory services that state and local governments are currently procuring to optimize organizational operations, guide strategic planning, assess infrastructure and systems, and support specific project or program initiatives. Recent solicitations show that jurisdictions are using this code to engage consultants for operational audits, compensation studies, technology roadmaps, capital delivery assessments, grant administration, crisis communication strategy, and facilitation of governance processes — work distinctly different from the abstract NIGP description and driven by immediate institutional needs rather than routine commodity purchasing.

Issuing bodies span the full range of state and local entities: state agencies (Utah Division of Risk Management, California State Controller, Texas Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board, Maryland Department of Aging), counties (Tuolumne, Orange, Harris, Galveston, Pinellas, Beaufort), cities (Phoenix, Urbana, Fort Worth, Detroit, Fayetteville, Gallup, Bartow), universities and higher education systems (Texas State University, California State University Dominguez Hills, Utah Tech University), transit authorities (MetroLink Tulsa, Georgia Department of Transportation), water districts (West Basin Municipal Water District, North Texas Municipal Water District, Alameda County Water District, Park City Municipal Corporation), special districts (Monroe County Tourist Development Council), and court systems (Los Angeles Superior Court). The mix reveals that management consulting spans every jurisdiction type. Geographic spread across recent opportunities includes California (Tuolumne County, Orange County, Los Angeles, San Mateo County, Pinellas County, and state agencies), Texas (three state solicitations), Georgia (Atlanta area and Fayetteville), Utah (two universities and municipalities), Florida (Monroe County, Hillsborough County, Beaufort County), and Illinois, with substantial activity across the Western states, Southeast, and Midwest. Representative current opportunities include the City of Phoenix Finance Department's RFQ for on-call management consulting services due November 6, 2026 (change management, organizational studies, project management review, and process analysis), the State of Utah Division of Risk Management's RFP for crisis communication services due November 3, 2026 (public relations and media strategy support for state entities), Pinellas County's solicitation for an AI Strategic Roadmap and Governance Framework Consultant due September 15, 2026 with a $250,000 fixed-price contract, and Tuolumne County's ongoing series of assessment and design RFPs for forestry, ERP implementation, and building systems (due dates ranging through November 2026). Many solicitations use RFP and RFQ structures on as-needed or qualified-vendor-list bases, with contract terms typically one to five years and evaluation criteria emphasizing firm qualifications, relevant experience, approach methodology, and cost reasonableness.