NIGP 92541: Forensic Engineering

NIGP 92541 Forensic Engineering, an Item code, encompasses third-party technical evaluation, design review, and inspection services that state and local governments procure to verify compliance, assess quality and soundness, and oversee construction work on infrastructure and building projects. Recent solicitations show jurisdictions purchasing construction engineering inspection (CEI), peer design review of complex engineering documents, plan review and compliance verification, and owner's verification services spanning transportation, wastewater, water utilities, and building systems. The issuing bodies include state departments of transportation (Georgia), county governments (DeKalb County, Madison County, Orange County), cities (Union City, Social Circle, San Marcos, Cedartown, Nicholls, Long Beach), special-purpose water authorities (Great Lakes Water Authority), and community college districts (Austin Community College). GDOT appears as a repeat buyer, having issued multiple RFQs for CEI and general engineering consultant services on bridge and highway projects within the past four months.

The geographic spread spans Georgia heavily (GDOT I-75 South and SR 25 projects; Madison County wastewater upgrades; DeKalb County tennis center; City of Nicholls gymnasium; City of Union City plan review), with additional activity in Texas (Austin Community College building envelope IDIQ; City of San Marcos on-call general engineering), Florida (Orange County Utilities continuing engineering services), California (Long Beach Public Utilities sewer rehabilitation), and Michigan (Great Lakes Water Authority design review). Representative recent opportunities include GDOT's RFQ 484-082426 for General Engineering Consulting and Owner's Verification Firm services on the I-75 South Express Lanes project (SOQs due August 24, 2026), seeking firms qualified across environmental, transportation planning, bridge design, utility coordination, and construction supervision; Madison County's RFQ for wastewater treatment plant upgrades and sewer line extension (qualifications due June 24, 2026), requiring state or federally funded project experience and professional engineering licenses; and Great Lakes Water Authority's RFP for third-party design review of a screened final effluent project in Michigan (proposals due February 13, 2026), seeking independent multidisciplinary evaluation of design documents across water quality, structural, mechanical, and electrical disciplines. A pre-bid or pre-proposal conference was scheduled for at least two of these procurements, and communication restrictions are in effect on the GDOT I-75 project through award announcement.