NIGP 92625: Carbon Offsets

NIGP 92625 Carbon Offsets, an Item code, encompasses feasibility analyses, technical assessments, and project development consulting for forest carbon credit initiatives and atmospheric monitoring systems supporting environmental compliance and carbon sequestration activities at state and local facilities. State and local governments soliciting under this code seek external expertise to evaluate carbon offset project viability, design forest management carbon projects, conduct forest inventory assessments, and supply specialized monitoring equipment for confined-space hazard detection at water and wastewater infrastructure. Issuing bodies span state environmental and natural resource departments, tribal governments, cities, and special-purpose healthcare and mental health districts. The Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, the Washington Department of Natural Resources, the City of Phoenix, and the Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD have all posted opportunities under or closely adjacent to this code in recent months.

Recent activity concentrates in the Pacific Northwest and Southwest. The Washington Department of Natural Resources issued an RFQ for forest carbon offset project feasibility analysis on May 26, 2026, spanning five counties in central and western Washington (Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, and Yakima); the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians posted an RFP on July 22, 2026, seeking consulting services for Improved Forest Management carbon project development across southwestern Oregon forestlands, with Indian Preference applying to federally recognized Indian tribes and Indian-owned enterprises at 51 percent or greater ownership, and a critical requirement for direct experience assisting federally recognized Tribes with carbon offset projects under Washington's Cap-and-Invest Program. The City of Phoenix Water Services Department issued an IFB on September 4, 2026, for atmospheric monitoring instruments—fixed installations to detect hazardous gases at water and wastewater facilities, requiring DBE-N program participation. Geographic spread extends from Oregon and Washington in the Pacific Northwest to Arizona in the Southwest, with Georgia also appearing in the recent-opportunities record.