NIGP 92537: Facilities Design Services, Engineering

NIGP 92537 Facilities Design Services, Engineering is an Item code under which state and local governments procure architectural and engineering design services for capital facility projects, ranging from building renovations and new construction to infrastructure rehabilitation and specialized facility conversions. Recent solicitations show state and local agencies buying comprehensive A/E services spanning preliminary design through construction administration, often on a qualifications-based selection basis under the Brooks Act or equivalent state procurement frameworks. Universities, county governments, special districts, and state financing commissions dominate recent activity, with work spanning prison kitchen renovations, academic buildings, water reclamation facility upgrades, fire stations, parking garages, airport infrastructure, and utility system renewals. The mix of issuing bodies reflects institutional capital programs: the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission (GSFIC) acting on behalf of the Technical College System and Department of Corrections; university systems and state departments; county utilities and transportation authorities; municipal governments; and independent school districts, each procuring ongoing design capacity for multi-year facility portfolios. Many jurisdictions establish qualification-based standing agreements or master contracts to assign individual design work through task orders as projects arise.

Geographic concentration appears heaviest in Georgia, Florida, and the broader Southeast and Southwest, with scattered activity across California, Texas, Utah, New York, South Carolina, and the Mid-Atlantic. Georgia shows the most recent intensity, with GSFIC handling multiple concurrent design procurements for correctional facilities, technical colleges, and university system projects. Representative recent opportunities include: El Paso County Hospital District (University Medical Center) issuing an RFQ on October 14, 2026 for Architectural & Engineering Services—Existing ASC Compliance & Due Diligence (due October 28, 2026), scope Phase I assessment of an ambulatory surgical center's physical conditions and regulatory compliance with potential Phase II design; Greenwood County, South Carolina issuing an RFQ on October 14 for Architectural/Engineering Services for the Design of a New Lower Lake Fire Station 60 (due October 29, 2025), a 7,500-square-foot replacement fire station with full design services including surveying, asbestos testing, and construction administration; the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission issuing an RFP on October 6 for Design Professional Services for a new transitional center in Warner Robins (due November 6, 2026), a purpose-built reentry facility under Construction Manager-at-Risk delivery with a preliminary $25 million construction cost limitation; and Sarasota County issuing an RFQ on September 22 for Engineering Services for Parks & Facilities Library (due October 21, 2026), a five-year continuing contract for civil, coastal, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering services on a task-order basis. Activity demonstrates sustained demand for design capacity across water, wastewater, education, correctional, hospitality, and municipal infrastructure portfolios.