NIGP 92033: Mapping Services, Digitized, Cartography (see 962-52 for Standard Mapping Services)

NIGP 92033 Mapping Services, Digitized, Cartography is an Item code under which state and local governments procure data acquisition, analysis, and platform services for GIS-based utility networks, pavement management, flood forecasting, orthoimagery capture, and emergency-dispatch mapping. Recent opportunities span utility infrastructure migration and implementation, road pavement condition inventory conforming to ASTM D6433 with Pavement Condition Index calculation and GIS delivery, LiDAR topographic capture at USGS QL1 specification with impervious surface mapping, digital orthoimagery at 6-inch ground sample distance, UAV imagery analysis for utility pole inspection, watershed master planning with hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, and CAD map roll production for public-safety dispatch systems. Issuing bodies include county public works departments, utility authorities, city planning and transportation divisions, county emergency management, state police and fire marshal offices, and independent school districts. Work solicited under this code ranges from one-time capital purchases to multi-year continuing service agreements with optional renewal periods.

Recent opportunities posted between May and October 2026 show concentrated activity in Florida, Texas, Colorado, Oregon, Georgia, and New York. Representative solicitations include Kissimmee Utility Authority's RFP for Utility Network Migration and Implementation Services (RFP26028SH, June 12, 2026 deadline, passed, with three firms shortlisted for oral interviews); Boulder County Public Works' RFP for Pavement Management Road Inventory for 2027 covering 382 centerline miles under ASTM D6433 standards with cost-weighted evaluation at 60 percent (RFP-319-26, November 19, 2026 deadline); the City of Midland, Texas' RFP for LiDAR QL1 topographic capture and impervious surface mapping across 390 square miles with December 15, 2026 anticipated award (RFP 27000010); and Rockland County Highway Department's RFP for Street Level Panoramic Imagery, LiDAR and GIS Asset Inventory Services (RFPRC2026030, October 29, 2026 deadline). Evaluation typically emphasizes technical compliance and quality adherence, project schedule and staffing, cost of ownership, and past performance on comparable municipal or utility projects. Contracts commonly require Commercial General Liability insurance of $1 million to $2 million, Professional Liability or Errors & Omissions coverage, and compliance with federal funding requirements when projects are FTA- or FEMA-funded.