NIGP 94919: Development Fee

NIGP 94919 Development Fee, an Item code, encompasses municipal fee studies, nexus analyses, and development impact fee documentation that state and local governments use to establish and justify service-delivery charges and growth-related infrastructure assessments. State and local governments buy cost-of-service analyses, fee-schedule evaluations, infrastructure impact nexus studies, proportionality justifications, and fee-rate recommendations under this code. Issuing bodies include cities and planning departments conducting periodic reviews of building permits, planning services, utilities, and other departmental revenue structures, as well as jurisdictions preparing development impact fee ordinances tied to specific growth or expansion projects. The work typically requires consultants with municipal finance, economic analysis, and regulatory compliance expertise — particularly familiarity with state mitigation fee statutes and infrastructure-cost documentation.

Recent activity shows cities in Texas and California driving solicitations. The City of Dallas issued RFP BHZ260030688 (posted June 11, 2026, responses due July 10, 2026) for a comprehensive fee study covering Building Inspection and Current Planning fee schedules to support the Planning and Development Department's cost-of-service and fee-structure review. The City of Santa Cruz issued RFP RFPNOPW0290 (posted May 15, 2026, responses due April 23, 2026) for a Development Impact Fee and Nexus Study under California's Mitigation Fee Act, requiring validation of buildout assumptions, infrastructure cost estimates totaling approximately $39.9 million, nexus analysis, and fee justification for a Downtown Plan Expansion area; the contract term is six months from award with potential renewal, scoring weighted 50 percent on technical approach and work plan, and the City offered local business and locally owned business preference bonuses of 2 percent and 4 percent respectively.