NIGP 92555: Inspecting, General/Engineering

NIGP 92555 Inspecting, General/Engineering is an Item code under which state and local governments procure construction engineering and inspection services, professional engineering design and consulting support, and related technical investigations for transportation, water/wastewater, stormwater, facility, and infrastructure capital projects. The code captures the bulk of CEI work — daily on-site oversight, materials testing, quality assurance, contract administration, and closeout — alongside pre- and post-construction engineering services including feasibility studies, preliminary and final design, permitting coordination, and construction administration. Issuing bodies span state departments of transportation (Georgia, Oregon, Texas), county governments (Hillsborough County and Escambia County in Florida; Chatham County and Forsyth County in Georgia; Volusia County in Florida; Wayne County in Michigan; Harris County in Texas), cities (Parker, Colorado; Pompano Beach and Winter Park in Florida; Orlando in Florida; Kissimmee in Florida; Demorest and Griffin in Georgia; Tolleson, Arizona; Cleveland, Ohio; Madison, Wisconsin; Tucson, Arizona; Santa Fe, New Mexico), special-purpose districts (West Basin Municipal Water District in California; Brazos River Authority in Texas; Harris County Flood Control District in Texas), independent school districts (Hutto ISD in Texas), and transit/recreation authorities (Atlanta Beltline, Inc.; Orlando Utilities Commission). Most activity clusters in Florida and Georgia, with secondary presence in Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Oregon, and California.

Recent representative solicitations include the Town of Parker's RFQ for professional engineering services to design the unbuilt northbound half of Chambers Road including one bridge structure, roadway approaches, drainage, and utilities (responses due November 14, 2026); Georgia DOT's RFQ for Independent Cost Estimator services supporting alternative delivery and P3 projects on the I-285 East Express Lanes (due November 16, 2026); the Orlando Utilities Commission's RFP for on-call post-disaster safety assessment and damage documentation following hurricanes and tornadoes, requiring a minimum of five field assessment crews working twelve hours daily for seven consecutive days per emergency event (due November 1, 2026); the City of Pompano Beach's RFQ for Construction Engineering and Inspection services for the SR A1A Improvements Project requiring current Florida PE licensure and FDOT prequalification under Work Group 10.1 (due November 10, 2026); Hillsborough County's RFP for miscellaneous subsurface investigation and testing services including geotechnical, materials testing, roofing and waterproofing assessments, and asbestos-related services on a four-year work-order basis with an estimated value of $6 million (due November 3, 2026); and Escambia County's RFQ for CEI services on the Beulah Road Realignment project involving 1.4 miles of asphalt pavement rehabilitation, turn lane widening, shoulder addition, ditch reconstruction, and water main relocation (responses due July 1, 2026 — note this entry has an obsolete deadline and appears to be a data artifact). Evaluation criteria commonly emphasize past experience with similar projects, qualifications of key personnel (project managers, senior engineers, inspectors), current workload and capacity, ability to meet schedule and budget, and quality management systems. Work is frequently funded through federal transportation, HUD Community Development Block Grant, FHWA, RESTORE Act, and state capital budgets; many contracts require compliance with Davis-Bacon labor standards, 2 CFR Part 200, E-Verify, debarment certification, and foreign country of concern attestations.