NIGP 92595: Utilities (Gas, Steam, Electric)/Engineering

NIGP 92595 Utilities (Gas, Steam, Electric)/Engineering is an Item code encompassing professional engineering services for utilities infrastructure projects, particularly the design, feasibility analysis, construction oversight, and asset management of water, wastewater, stormwater, electric, and energy systems serving state and local jurisdictions. State and local governments buy design services for treatment plant upgrades and expansions, water storage facility rehabilitation and inspection programs, wastewater collection system trenchless rehabilitation, district cooling systems, pump station improvements, utility rate optimization studies, energy generation evaluations, and construction engineering and inspection for utility infrastructure across multiple disciplines—civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and environmental engineering. Issuing bodies include municipal utilities departments, county water and wastewater authorities, independent school districts, transit-adjacent utilities commissions, and special-purpose water districts. Repeat buyers in recent opportunities include the City of Tucson (reservoir rehabilitation programs), the City of Plant City (wastewater infrastructure), the City of Fort Myers (potable water wellfield and wastewater hardening), and the University of Texas System (facility utilities and energy management). The Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, Hillsborough County Water Resources Department, and multiple Georgia municipalities have also posted solicitations under this code recently.

Geographic activity spans Florida (Plant City, Fort Myers, Pinellas County, Bartow, DeLand, Savannah, Hillsborough County), Georgia (Athens-Clarke County, Savannah, Griffin, Tifton, Douglas, Nicholls, Social Circle, Chatham County), Texas (Lubbock, El Paso, Rio Rancho, Waco, San Antonio), Arizona (Tucson), and scattered activity in California, Oregon, New Mexico, and North Carolina. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Plant City's as-needed CIPP lining services for wastewater collection system rehabilitation (IFB 26049UMIFB, due October 8, 2026), the University of Texas System's utilities and energy management professional engineering services on an IDIQ basis (RFQ 27PSP003, due November 2, 2026, with VetHUB subcontracting plan required and maximum contract value of $5 million), the City of Waco's Flat Creek Reuse Project Phase 1A engineering design and construction oversight (RFQ, due December 1, 2026, with federal funding triggering UAMR, DBE, American Iron and Steel, and Davis-Bacon compliance), the City of Tucson's reservoir and storage tank rehabilitation program (RFQ 260175, due April 17, 2026, with estimated annual budget of $1.8 million and SBE participation goals), and the Orlando Utilities Commission's district cooling systems continuing professional engineering services on a five-year as-needed basis (RFQ PR9107, due July 20, 2026, requiring Florida PE licensure and five years' minimum experience with three chilled water district projects in Central Florida). Federal funding (FAA, FEMA, HUD CDBG-DR) and state grant programs (ARC, GEFA, SAHMW) drive several solicitations; compliance with Build America Buy America, prevailing wage, and federal labor standards is common across federally assisted projects.