NIGP 94980: Service Charges, Notes & Loans

NIGP 94980 Service Charges, Notes & Loans is an Item code under which state and local governments procure grant consulting, loan-facilitation, and funding-strategy services to identify and secure state, federal, and alternative financing for capital projects and operating needs. The scope includes grant research and application support, loan-forgiveness program navigation, earmark identification, and strategic funding planning — work typically handled by specialized consultants when issuing bodies lack internal capacity for continuous monitoring and technical grant drafting. Soliciting bodies span special-purpose districts, municipalities, and regional authorities seeking to maximize access to federal infrastructure and environmental funding streams.

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District, which serves approximately 440,000 people across 24 communities in the Madison area, posted an RFI for Strategic Funding & Grant Consulting Services on August 3, 2026, with responses due September 8, 2026. The District seeks qualified consulting firms with documented experience in state and federal grant procurement through programs such as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Inflation Reduction Act, and loan-forgiveness initiatives, and with demonstrated partnerships involving the U.S. Department of Energy, USDA, EPA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wisconsin DNR, and Congressional earmarks. Respondents must address firm capabilities, service delivery and strategic approach, collaboration and client resource expectations, pricing and business models with non-binding annual budget estimates for a mid-sized regional utility, and supplemental services. This RFI is market research only; no contract will be awarded from it, though participation will not disadvantage firms in any subsequent Request for Proposal. Recent activity is concentrated in the Upper Midwest, with Wisconsin representing the documented market in the current solicitation window.