NIGP 92567: Mechanical Engineering

NIGP 92567 Mechanical Engineering, an Item code, encompasses architect-engineer design, engineering consulting, and professional services for mechanical systems, facilities rehabilitation, and infrastructure projects that state and local governments are actively soliciting. Recent opportunities show state and local buyers procuring preliminary design and feasibility studies, HVAC system upgrades and replacements, lift station rehabilitation, building mechanical systems design, emergency power and renewable energy engineering, wastewater treatment facility improvements, and construction administration support—work that explicitly excludes physical construction execution but requires licensed professional engineers to direct design and permitting across planning, design, bidding, and construction phases.

The issuing-body mix spans county public works departments, water and wastewater utilities, state facility agencies, municipal transit districts, school districts, special-purpose districts (tourism oversight, waste and recycling authorities), and higher education institutions. California's Orange County Public Works appears as a repeat buyer, issuing multiple RFQs in June and July 2026 for qualified vendor lists covering MEP design support, flood control engineering, cost estimating, power generation and distribution, CIP project management, airport services, and materials testing. Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department in Florida is likewise active, with multiple concurrent RFPs for wastewater and utility continuing engineering services. The State of Utah Division of Purchasing posted an RFP for construction project management on a cooperative purchasing basis serving K-12 schools (55.5% of historical usage), cities, counties, and service districts. Recent activity concentrates in California and Florida, with secondary activity in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Connecticut, New Mexico, and other states. Representative recent solicitations include the State of Utah RFP SB266 for construction project management services (RFP, responses due August 20, 2026), Orange County's RFQ for land surveying A-E services (RFQ, responses due July 21, 2026), Orange County's RFQ for flood control engineering (RFQ, responses due August 13, 2026), West Basin Municipal Water District's RFP for on-call professional engineering (RFP, proposals due July 14, 2026, with estimated total value of $3 million shared among up to five awarded firms), Palm Beach County Water Utilities' RFP for wastewater continuing engineering (RFP, proposals due July 9, 2026, with 20% SBE participation goal), and the City of Santa Fe's RFP for airport terminal expansion A/E services (RFP, proposals due December 17, 2025). Many solicitations are structured as qualification-based or task-order vehicles with three- to four-year terms, no guaranteed minimum work volume, time-and-materials or hourly-rate compensation negotiated post-award, and prevailing wage compliance where federal funding or public-works designation applies.