NIGP 91896: Transportation Consulting

NIGP 91896 Transportation Consulting, an Item code, encompasses engineering design, planning, program management, and safety strategy work that state and local governments buy to advance pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, corridor improvements, vision zero and safe streets programs, transit planning, and multimodal facility design. Recent solicitations reflect a shift toward federal grant-funded projects emphasizing equity, community engagement, and data-driven safety analysis, alongside traditional roadway design and construction management support.

State departments of transportation, county and city public works and planning departments, metropolitan planning organizations, transit authorities, and independent public entities drive activity under this code. Georgia DOT and Georgia-based local jurisdictions (Cobb County, DeKalb County, City of Atlanta, Chatham County, Cherokee County) appear most frequently in recent openings, though activity spans Illinois, Florida, South Carolina, Texas, California, Oregon, and the District of Columbia. County and municipal governments predominate as issuing bodies; state DOTs and regional transit authorities are secondary buyers. Representative recent solicitations include Cobb County's RFQ for Factory Shoals Pedestrian Bridge Phase 1 engineering design (due November 12, 2026, requiring GDOT prequalifications across six area classes with team coverage of sixteen additional specialties), Macon-Bibb County's RFP for Vision Zero Action Plan and Safe Streets and Roads for All strategy development (due November 12, 2026, weighted 25% technical approach, 20% qualifications, 10% SS4A experience), and the City of Atlanta's QBS for PATH Lakewood shared-use trail design (due October 30, 2026, mandatory GDOT prequalification in five area classes with team coverage of nineteen additional). Georgia also shows activity in program management roles: GDOT's RFQ for TAP and LAP Program Management Services (SOQs due December 16, 2026) and the Coastal Region MPO's on-call task-order vehicle for planning staff augmentation (due October 2, 2026, GDOT prequalification required). Illinois State Toll Highway Authority and Illinois Department of Transportation procure construction management supplements and engineering support; the Tollway's Professional Services Bulletin PSB 26-4 (due October 30, 2026) solicits Phase II design across multiple corridors with DBE goals of 17–28 percent and VOSB goals of 3 percent. Activity is concentrated in transportation safety (Safe Streets and Roads for All grants), pedestrian and bicycle facility design, comprehensive and long-range planning updates, and construction administration, with GDOT prequalification requirements creating a significant eligibility filter in Georgia and neighboring regions.