NIGP 91892: Urban Planning Consulting

NIGP 91892 Urban Planning Consulting (Item) encompasses comprehensive planning, feasibility analysis, master plan development, and specialized studies for municipalities, counties, and regional planning entities. State and local governments procure under this code to conduct strategic planning initiatives such as comprehensive plan updates, transportation system planning, land use code revisions, annexation studies, corridor analyses, and specialized planning support for recreation, urban forestry, development entitlements, and safety initiatives. The code sees substantial activity across diverse issuing bodies—cities, counties, school districts, metropolitan planning organizations, and special-purpose agencies—with municipalities and counties posting the majority of recent solicitations.

Recent opportunities span multiple states with notable concentration in Georgia, California, Florida, and the Pacific Northwest. Representative solicitations include San Mateo County Executive's Office's RFP for a Permit Entitlement Blue Ribbon Task Force facilitator (proposals due August 3, 2026); Henry County, Georgia's RFP for impact fee studies for parks, public safety, and transportation (due August 12, 2026); Bryan County, Georgia's RFP for a Safe Streets and Roads for All Safety Action Plan (due August 14, 2026); City of Atlanta's pre-advertisement notice for an Urban Forest Master Plan with 20 percent SBE participation goal (due July 30, 2026); City of Detroit's RFP for Non-Motorized Transportation Plan and Comprehensive Safety Action Plan updates under a $31 million Federal Safe Streets and Roads for All grant (due August 13, 2026); City of Albany, Georgia's RFP for the DARTS US 82 & US 19 Corridor Commuted Shed Study (due August 17, 2026); Washington County, Oregon's RFP for a Transportation System Plan update emphasizing equity and underserved populations (due July 8, 2026); Orange County Transportation Authority's RFP for Interstate 5 Corridor Microsimulation ($250,000, due April 21, 2026); and City of Olathe, Kansas's RFP for Unified Development Ordinance update following comprehensive plan adoption ($300,000 budget, due July 1, 2026). Evaluation criteria across solicitations typically weight qualifications and experience at 25–35 percent, technical approach and methodology at 20–35 percent, and cost at 5–25 percent. Issuing bodies frequently use RFP and RFQ formats with two-phase evaluation processes, pre-proposal conferences, and mandatory insurance requirements including professional liability at $1 million minimum. Set-asides and preferences appear in federal or grant-funded initiatives (DBE benchmarks, SBE goals) but are less common in locally funded planning studies.