NIGP 92534: Energy Management Engineering

NIGP 92534 Energy Management Engineering, an Item code, encompasses professional consulting and engineering services that state and local governments procure to evaluate, design, and optimize energy systems and efficiency improvements across facilities, utilities infrastructure, and campus-wide operations. Recent solicitations show state and local agencies buying investment-grade energy audits, feasibility studies, energy savings performance contract (ESPC) development and administration, SCADA and control system design, microgrid development, renewable energy integration analysis, utility-scale power generation studies, and energy conservation measure implementation support. West Basin Municipal Water District (California) is seeking on-call professional engineering services with a three-year contract estimated at $3 million to support hydraulic modeling, treatment facility planning and design, and asset management across water and wastewater systems; the RFP closed July 14, 2026. Eastern Municipal Water District (California) solicited proposals for a utility-scale energy generation study to evaluate 30%, 60%, and 90% demand-reduction scenarios, with an RFP due June 26, 2026. The City of St. Petersburg issued an RFP for an Energy Management Software platform to centralize municipal utility oversight and support renewable energy integration, with proposals due August 25, 2026 and estimated annual costs of $50,000. Atlanta Public Schools (Georgia) is recruiting an Energy Conservation Consultant to oversee guaranteed energy savings performance contracts across 129 facilities totaling 60.7 million square feet, with proposals due March 13, 2026.

The code draws activity across state departments, municipal utilities, city governments, county engineering offices, school districts, housing authorities, and special-purpose water and wastewater districts. Geographic concentration appears highest in California (West Basin, Eastern Municipal Water District, Pinellas County, Maricopa Community College District), Georgia (Atlanta Public Schools, City of Winder, Madison County, DeKalb County), and Florida (City of St. Petersburg, City of Tucson, Orange County Utilities, Hillsborough County). Recent procurements span the Pacific Northwest (Oregon Department of Energy prequalifying energy analysts and commissioning firms), Texas (State of Texas energy and infrastructure RFP, UTEP campus energy master plan), Ohio (Cincinnati clean energy project pipeline), Colorado (Boulder County Housing Authority mechanical engineering), and the Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico airport terminal expansion A&E services). State departments of energy and commerce appear alongside local water utilities, municipal electric utilities, airport authorities, and school districts as repeat buyers. The code supports both design-phase work (preliminary engineering reports, design documents, 30/60/90% design levels) and ongoing advisory roles (energy conservation consultant overseeing ESPC implementation, owner's representative services, construction engineering inspection). Compensation structures vary from fixed lump-sum fees to time-and-material arrangements with hourly rates by labor category, with annual rate escalation limits typically set at 3–4 percent or tied to cost-of-living indices.