NIGP 91897: Utilities: Gas, Water, Electric Consulting

NIGP 91897 Utilities: Gas, Water, Electric Consulting is an Item code encompassing advisory, assessment, and technical support services that state and local governments procure to optimize utility operations, compliance, and infrastructure planning. Recent solicitations show state and local agencies buying utility rate studies, energy efficiency and cost reduction consulting, NERC compliance support, interconnection framework evaluations, SCADA system integration, water treatment plant design and hardening, watershed master planning, stormwater infrastructure services, and grid resiliency technical assistance—work spanning strategic energy management, regulatory compliance, capital project delivery, and long-term infrastructure resilience across water, wastewater, and electric utility systems.

Issuing bodies span county utilities departments, cities, independent water and wastewater authorities, electric cooperatives, and state environmental finance authorities. Florida jurisdictions—including Citrus County (diesel fuel supply), Orange County (septic-to-sewer conversion design), Pinellas County (MEP and waste-to-energy engineering services), Kissimmee Utility Authority (depreciation studies), and the City of Daytona Beach (water treatment plant storm hardening)—appear frequently. Other active buyers include the Illinois Commerce Commission (interconnection studies, LIEEAC facilitation), Northern Wasco County People's Utility District in Oregon (NERC compliance), Eastern Municipal Water District in California (utility-scale energy generation and rate optimization studies), and municipal water departments in Georgia, Ohio, and Texas. Across the recent-opportunities block, representative solicitations include Citrus County's ITB 26-104 for diesel fuel supply (due October 26, 2026); the Illinois Commerce Commission's RFP 27524ICCICCSPB53870 for an interconnection study (due November 12, 2026); Kissimmee Utility Authority's RFP 26061SH for depreciation study services (due October 20, 2026); the City of Daytona Beach's RFQ 2659RFQ for water treatment plant storm hardening and resiliency design-build services (due September 22, 2026); Hillsborough County's RPS 26-00400 for miscellaneous professional stormwater services, estimated at $14 million over three years (due October 26, 2026); and the City of Cincinnati's RFQ 265X901171 for owner's advisor and design services supporting an advanced treatment system (due June 23, 2026). Geographic activity concentrates in Florida, California, Georgia, Illinois, and Texas, with additional solicitations in Ohio, Oregon, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. The code is moderately active across the state and local procurement landscape, with steady demand for utility optimization, compliance assessment, and infrastructure design support services.