NIGP 94874: Professional Medical Services (Including Physicians, Pharmacists, and All Specialties)

NIGP 94874 Professional Medical Services (Including Physicians, Pharmacists, And All Specialties), an Item code, encompasses the range of physician-delivered clinical services that state and local governments procure to support institutional operations, employee occupational health, emergency medical systems, behavioral health programs, and specialized diagnostic work. Recent solicitations show governments buying consulting and examination services from board-certified physicians across emergency medicine, occupational health, infectious disease, anesthesia, pathology, and psychiatry disciplines, as well as administrative medical support such as medical record review, independent medical evaluation coordination, and quality assurance for inmate and institutional populations.

Issuing bodies span state health agencies, county sheriffs and corrections departments, municipal fire and police departments, county medical examiner and coroner offices, school districts, transit authorities, and higher education institutions. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation appear as repeat buyers. State-level activity concentrates in Texas, California, and Florida, with ongoing activity across Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Washington. Recent representative opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission soliciting bids for twice-weekly on-site podiatry services at San Antonio State Hospital (IFB HHS0017863V2, due October 29, 2026); Orange County, California requesting proposals for forensic pathology autopsy services with 10 years post-board-certification experience required and three-year contract term (RFP RFP0173121602JL2, due October 30, 2026); Inland Empire Health Plan issuing an RFI for 24/7/365 virtual urgent care delivery through California board-certified physicians (RFI 2607426, due October 31, 2026); Middlesex Sheriff's Office in Massachusetts soliciting inmate medical and mental health services for a two-year term with renewal options (RFR 2027-004, due November 18, 2026); and the City of Phoenix Retirement Office requesting proposals for independent medical evaluation and disability record summary services at $750,000 maximum over five years (RFP RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026). Correctional facility medical staffing, EMS system medical direction, and occupational health services for public safety personnel dominate recent posting volume.