NIGP 92597: Water Supply, Treatment, and Distribution/Engineering

NIGP 92597 Water Supply, Treatment, And Distribution/Engineering is an Item code under which state and local governments solicit design, engineering, permitting, and construction-related services for water infrastructure projects—including treatment plant upgrades, wellfield expansion, pump station rehabilitation, storage tank improvements, and associated piping and control systems. Recent solicitations show county parks departments, municipal water districts, wastewater authorities, and city utilities departments issuing RFPs and RFQs for engineering design firms to deliver preliminary through final construction documents, permitting support, and construction administration on projects ranging from $350,000 stock water wells to $11 million tank and drive replacements.

Activity is geographically dispersed across the country, with recent opportunities posted from Colorado (Boulder County), Maryland (Charles County, Worcester County), Texas (North Texas Municipal Water District, Lubbock, Fort Myers area), Florida (Orange County, Marion County, Seminole County, St. Petersburg), Georgia (Fulton County, Madison County, Lincoln County, Social Circle), California (West Basin Municipal Water District), Arizona (City of Phoenix, Gila River Indian Community), and South Carolina (Beaufort Jasper Water & Sewer Authority). Representative recent work includes Boulder County Parks and Open Space soliciting RFP 30026 for Alexander Dawson and Mayhoffer Well Development—drilling and installing six stock water wells with solar pumps and infrastructure by December 31, 2027, with a $350,000 contract value and proposals due September 4, 2026; Charles County Board of Commissioners requesting RFP 26041 for engineering design services for aerated sludge holding tank upgrades at Mattawoman Wastewater Treatment Plant with an estimated $1.5 million project cost and proposals due July 30, 2026; and Orange County, Florida accepting sealed bids for the Eastern Regional Water Supply Facility Ground Storage Tanks and Variable Frequency Drives Improvement project (Y26-746) with an $11.008 million estimated cost and bids due June 9, 2026. West Basin Municipal Water District issued RFPTH0128 for On-Call Professional Engineering Services with up to five firms awarded through June 30, 2029 and an estimated $3 million total value, with SBE and LBE evaluation incentives. Issuing bodies include regional water authorities, county commissioners, municipal utilities and water services departments, and independent water reclamation and treatment facility operators; repeat activity is visible from cities and counties in Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Arizona. Set-asides and preferences appear in multiple recent solicitations—MBE participation goals (20–25%) in Maryland and California, DBE participation in Georgia and federal-funded projects, local vendor preferences (Fulton County's 5% weighting for county-based firms), and SBE/LBE incentive points in California municipal procurements.