NIGP 92573: Ocean Engineering Services

NIGP 92573 Ocean Engineering Services, an Item code, covers engineer-led design, feasibility, permitting, and construction oversight for coastal protection, flood control, renewable energy, and marine infrastructure projects that state and local governments procure on an as-needed task-order basis. The work being solicited today spans structural engineering for flood resilience, materials testing for airport and coastal facilities, landfill gas-to-energy feasibility, wastewater treatment plant upgrades and sewer extensions, preliminary design for beach restoration with multiple coastal structures, and general engineering consulting across planning, design, and construction administration phases. Issuing bodies are predominantly county public works departments and specialized districts, notably Orange County (California) Flood Control District and Orange County itself, which together account for the majority of recent postings; other buyers include cities (Madison, Griffin, Social Circle, Union City, Nicholls—Georgia region) and airport authorities (John Wayne Airport). The County of Orange appears as a repeat buyer establishing multi-disciplinary Qualified Vendor Lists across structural, MEP, geotechnical, surveying, cost estimating, flood control, power generation, roadway, project management, and landfill services through RFQs issued August through October 2026, each structured as three-year task-order contracts with no guaranteed work volume.

Geographic activity concentrates in California (Orange County dominates with at least ten separate QVL procurements posted since May 2026) and Georgia (Chatham, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry, and surrounding counties). Representative opportunities include the County of Orange's RFQ for Architect-Engineer Structural Engineering Services (RFQ 0803128202DBA, due December 4, 2026) establishing a QVL for design, project administration, and construction-phase services across County and Flood Control District capital projects; the City of Griffin's RFP for preliminary engineering reports, design, and construction administration for CDBG/GEFA-funded water and sewer infrastructure (due September 4, 2026); Sarasota County's RPS for coastal engineering services on the Casey Key Resiliency Project involving beach restoration, 45 coastal structures, and approximately 1,005,800 cubic yards of sand placement (proposals due August 26, 2026); Chatham County's RFP for design engineering on the Wahlstrom/Forbes pavement and drainage reconstruction (due September 8, 2026); and the County of Orange's RFP for Prima Deshecha Landfill renewable energy preliminary design (due July 1, 2026). Contracts uniformly structure compensation as time-and-materials with hourly classification rates, no price escalation during term, and professional liability insurance requirements ranging from $1 million to $3 million per occurrence.