NIGP 91897: Utilities: Gas, Water, Electric Consulting

NIGP 91897 Utilities: Gas, Water, Electric Consulting, an Item code, encompasses strategic and technical consulting services that state and local governments procure to plan, evaluate, and optimize their utility infrastructure and operations—including water supply systems, electrical grid resiliency, wastewater treatment, rate studies, and energy management. Recent solicitations show municipal water and electric utilities, county utility departments, and special-purpose districts actively seeking consulting support across engineering design, financial analysis, feasibility studies, and system assessments. The City of Gallup issued an RFP for federal lobbying services to advance water rights and utility infrastructure funding (due August 6, 2026); the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority solicited a Request for Qualifications for utility grid resiliency technical assistance across three electric utilities (due August 10, 2026); and Bartow County Water Department procured on-demand engineering services for capital improvement and master planning over a five-year period (due August 20, 2026). Work spans both planning-phase strategic studies—such as the City of Wichita's water and sewer master plan update and the Eastern Municipal Water District's utility-scale energy generation evaluation—and implementation-phase support, including Eugene Water & Electric Board's Southwest Power Pool Markets+ transition consulting and design-build-operate arrangements for digester gas utilization. Issuing bodies include municipal utilities (Lubbock Power & Light, City of Lubbock, City of Phoenix), county departments (Bartow County, Walton County), special districts (Eastern Municipal Water District, Georgia Environmental Finance Authority), and public universities (Texas State Technical College, Kennesaw State University), with repeat activity across Georgia, California, Texas, Florida, and Colorado.

Geographic concentration appears strongest in Georgia (Bartow County, Athens-Clarke County, Columbus, Gwinnett County, Walton County, Fort Valley), California (Eastern Municipal Water District, Long Beach, City of Palm Bay), and Texas (Lubbock Power & Light, City of Lubbock, City of Wichita, Texas Water Development Board), with additional scattered activity in Florida, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, and Arizona. Representative recent opportunities include Gwinnett County's competitive sealed proposals for Consultant Demand Services across seven water and wastewater service categories—scheduled for proposals due July 29, 2026—structured as an annual indefinite-quantity contract with minimum three-firm awards per category and hourly labor-category billing; the City of Rio Rancho's on-call engineering services RFP for utilities planning and project management (due June 18, 2026) under task-order delivery; and multiple qualifications-based selections including the City of Phoenix's Qualified Vendor List for water demand forecasting and resources consulting across six service areas (offer deadline March 20, 2026) with five-year terms and per-task-order work authorization. Many procurements emphasize experience with public-sector utilities, infrastructure resilience, rate modeling, and regulatory compliance—particularly NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection standards for electric utilities and EPA water quality and treatment directives.