NIGP 91881: Natural Disasters (Fire, Flood, Wind, Quakes) Consulting

NIGP 91881 Natural Disasters (Fire, Flood, Wind, Quakes) Consulting, an Item code, encompasses the professional consulting services state and local governments procure to assess flood and wind damage, develop disaster recovery strategies, manage debris operations, and plan hazard mitigation. Recent solicitations reflect a mix of post-event consulting work—preliminary damage assessments, FEMA reimbursement documentation, and grant management—alongside pre-event planning including watershed master plans, hazard mitigation plan updates, and resilience adaptation area development. Pasco County, Florida issued two representative opportunities in July 2026: an IFB for the Alico Pass Regional Flood Abatement project due August 11, and an RFP for as-needed post-disaster inspections and plan review support due August 4 to augment county capacity for rapid damage assessments and substantial damage determinations following hurricanes, floods, and windstorms. Counties, cities, and special districts dominate the issuing body mix; Florida and Texas jurisdictions appear most active, with additional recent activity in Georgia, Oregon, Mississippi, South Carolina, Colorado, and Nevada. Consulting deliverables range from technical engineering and design work (flood mitigation design, stormwater analysis, geotechnical surveys) to administrative grant and disaster recovery support (FEMA Public Assistance documentation, project worksheets, cost recovery).

The code sees steady activity across pre-disaster planning and post-event response contracting. Beyond Pasco County, the City of St. Cloud, Florida issued an RFQ in May 2026 for watershed master plan development with an estimated cost of $600,000; the City of Houston posted an RFP in April 2026 for three-year disaster recovery consulting services with potential two one-year renewals; and multiple counties (Santa Fe, Grenada, Dorchester, Collier) issued pre-positioned RFPs in April and May 2026 for debris monitoring, removal, and recovery coordination priced on hourly or unit-rate bases, designed to activate only upon disaster declaration. Volusia County issued an RFQ in April 2026 for CDBG-DR funded flood mitigation design services for East Taylor Road in DeLand following Hurricanes Ian and Milton. Geographic concentration reflects disaster risk zones and recent storm impact—coastal Florida, Texas Gulf Coast, and Carolinas appear most active—but hazard mitigation and resilience planning solicitations span inland jurisdictions including Colorado, Oregon, Georgia, and Nevada. Evaluation typically emphasizes relevant disaster management experience, FEMA compliance expertise, technical methodology, and past performance; cost proposals are often separate from technical scoring or submitted after qualification-based selection.