NIGP 95011: Grants, Cities, IDC

NIGP 95011 Grants, Cities, Item code encompasses grant writing, grant administration, and grant management software services that state and local governments procure to administer federal community development and infrastructure funding. State and local issuing bodies—primarily cities and counties—solicit under this code to hire consultants for grant application preparation, compliance documentation, subrecipient monitoring, financial administration, and close-out work; to procure cloud-based software platforms for managing grant lifecycles and federal reporting integration; and to contract with nonprofit service providers to deliver CDBG-funded public services. Representative work includes grant writing and administration for Community Development Block Grants, Home Investment Partnerships Program, Economic Development Administration projects, Drinking Water and Wastewater Resilience initiatives, and other HUD-administered programs. Issuing bodies range from small Georgia cities (Barnesville, Pembroke) to mid-sized Florida counties (Hillsborough) and larger California municipalities (Milpitas, Jacksonville). The mix skews toward smaller jurisdictions that lack in-house grant capacity and turn to external consultants; larger entities often issue software procurement RFPs to replace legacy systems before federal funding deadlines.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast (Georgia, Florida) and California, with three RFPs and RFQs posted in the first four months of 2026 and additional Georgia opportunities emerging in mid-July 2026. The City of Barnesville, Georgia issued an RFP for 2027 CDBG Grant Writing due August 10, 2026, seeking firms with HUD and EDA experience and willingness to work on a percentage-fee basis; the City of Pembroke, Georgia requested qualifications for a grant management firm to support a $3.779 million water tank project (RFQ due July 30, 2026). The City of Milpitas, California procured CDBG Grants & Loan Management Software via RFP 26-216 (proposal deadline April 14, 2026) requiring seamless IDIS integration and support for roughly fifteen external subrecipient users. Hillsborough County, Florida's competitive sealed proposal for CDBG Public Services (due February 25, 2026, for funding beginning October 1, 2026) distributed $600,000 across multiple nonprofit service providers in eligible categories including homeless services, health care, and employment training.