NIGP 91884: Parking Consultant

NIGP 91884 Parking Consultant, an Item code, encompasses on-street parking and curb management strategy, enforcement operations, revenue collection, technology system design and installation, and data analytics services that state and local governments buy to optimize curbside availability and generate municipal revenue. Recent solicitations span strategy and program design (centralized parking management plans, curb space optimization), enforcement and operations (citation management, daily compliance patrols, permit administration), technology implementation (parking guidance systems with real-time occupancy sensors, License Plate Recognition integration, payment platforms), and consulting studies (feasibility analysis, data interpretation from enforcement records, mobility integration). Issuing bodies include city departments of transportation and public works, county consolidated governments, county parking authorities, specialized urban redevelopment agencies, and port authorities. Cities posting solicitations under this code in recent months include Augusta, Georgia; Athens-Clarke County, Georgia; Charlotte, North Carolina; Bradenton, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; New Smyrna Beach, Florida; Dallas, Texas; Beaverton, Oregon; and San Antonio, Texas, alongside smaller municipalities and special districts.

Georgia and Florida dominate recent activity, with multiple concurrent solicitations in each state. Augusta (RFQ for Central Business District on-street parking and curb management, due 7 October 2026) requires five years of experience managing 2,000-plus paid spaces or equivalent threshold and is screening on conflict of interest and completeness before advancing three finalists to technical evaluation. Athens-Clarke County (RFP for Courthouse Parking Deck and City Hall lot PARCS equipment and services, due 1 October 2026) is pursuing a turnkey License Plate Recognition system replacement on a $75,000 annual estimated cost, one-year initial plus four optional one-year renewals, with technical approach weighted at 25 percent. Atlanta's Department of Transportation is seeking on-street parking and curb management services citywide (IFB due 4 August 2026), while the City of New Smyrna Beach rebid a cloud-based Parking Guidance System covering 807 downtown spaces (evaluation meetings 14 July 2026, Commission recommendation 11 August 2026). Beaverton is operating parallel procurements for downtown parking enforcement operations (contract running approximately April 2025 through July 2029 with two optional renewals, 10,400 service hours annually, emphasizing Oregon COBID equity certification at 15 percent aspirational goal) and downtown parking data services (analysis of License Plate Recognition records from 150 block faces and five lots, due 23 June 2026, three-year term with two optional renewals). Canaveral Port Authority is pursuing a Design-Build for a 2,200-space Cruise Terminal 3 West parking garage (Design-Build RFP due 30 July 2026, proposals due and presentations 5 August 2026, selection 19 August 2026), requiring six-or-more-level structures with prior $10 million-plus construction value experience in Florida or Brevard County. Dallas is consolidating citation, permit, and mobile payment services in a three-year agreement with two optional one-year renewals (due 24 July 2026). San Antonio issued an RFP for downtown accessibility and mobility study incorporating parking strategy evaluation (RFP 26-079, pre-submittal conference 22 April 2026, questions due 4:00 p.m. Central Time 24 April 2026, proposals due 11:00 a.m. Central Time 15 May 2026) categorized under both Feasibility Studies (91846) and Parking Consulting (91884).