NIGP 92539: Fire Protection Engineering

NIGP 92539 Fire Protection Engineering, an Item code, covers design, inspection, testing, maintenance, certification, and repair services for fire suppression systems, fire detection equipment, fire hydrants, backflow preventers, and related fire protection infrastructure that state and local governments procure to meet code compliance and operational safety requirements across public facilities. Recent solicitations show active procurement across water districts, municipalities, counties, universities, transit authorities, housing authorities, and fire districts for both capital project design and ongoing system maintenance. Issuing bodies include departments of transportation, water utilities, parks and recreation, facilities management, colleges and universities, and county housing authorities, with West Basin Municipal Water District, Pinellas County, Marion County, Kennesaw State University, and Volusia County Transit appearing as repeat buyers across the recent opportunities block. Work being solicited ranges from comprehensive on-call design and consulting agreements—such as West Basin's $3 million engineering services contract covering hydraulic modeling, facility planning, and treatment system design with up to five awarded consultants—to single-project procurements like Marion County's fire sprinkler inspection contract covering 49 county facilities with quarterly and annual testing services compliant with NFPA standards.

Geographic activity concentrates in Florida, Georgia, Colorado, and Texas, with additional solicitations in South Carolina, California, New Mexico, and Utah. Representative recent opportunities include West Basin Municipal Water District's RFP for on-call professional engineering services (RFPTH0128, due July 14, 2026) covering water, wastewater, and recycled water facility improvements; Marion County's ITB for fire sprinkler and fire pump inspection services (26B-092, due June 11, 2026) across 49 facilities with a two-year term and optional renewals; Boulder County Housing Authority's SOQ for comprehensive fire protection inspection, testing, and maintenance across 23 residential and commercial properties (SOQ29026, due June 8, 2026) covering backflow certifications, fire pump testing, sprinkler inspections, and 24-hour monitoring; and Kennesaw State University's eRFP for portable fire extinguisher and pre-engineered fire suppression systems services across two campuses (54300ERFP0000015732026, due April 28, 2026). Set-asides and preferences appear selectively—West Basin targets Small Business Enterprises and Local Business Enterprises with three to six additional evaluation points; Marion County requires Section 3 compliance for CDBG contracts; several Florida and Georgia procurements incorporate DBE or SBE scoring. Prevailing wage requirements surface in federal or state-funded projects; insurance minimums typically range from $1 million to $2 million per occurrence for general liability and professional liability combined.