NIGP 95050: Grants, Senior Colleges and Universities

NIGP 95050 Grants, Senior Colleges And Universities is an Item code under which state and local governments issue competitive RFPs and RFQs seeking nonprofit service providers to deliver public services funded through federal block grants and similar pass-through funding mechanisms. The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' Program Year 2026 Community Development Block Grant Public Services RFP exemplifies the work: counties solicit proposals from 501(c)(3) nonprofits to deliver eligible services—homeless assistance, child care, health services, employment training, senior services, legal aid, youth programming, housing counseling, domestic violence intervention, and substance abuse treatment—to low-income populations, typically those at or below 80 percent Area Median Income. Issuing bodies under this code include county boards of commissioners and similar county-level purchasing offices administering federal block-grant pass-throughs; school districts and other local agencies administering state or federal education and social-services funding also participate. Evaluations typically weight organizational capacity and prior CDBG or equivalent experience heavily, alongside financial stability, the ability to leverage additional funds, timeline feasibility, and service innovation or expansion.

The Hillsborough County opportunity posted January 28, 2026, with proposals due February 25, 2026, represents a representative solicitation in the code's activity. That RFP sought qualified nonprofits to deliver one-year public services under a $600,000 program budget (with individual proposals capped at $120,000), beginning October 1, 2026. Evaluation criteria emphasized CDBG performance capacity and track record (25 points), financial capacity and stability (20 points), leveraging of external funds (20 points), and past subrecipient performance (15 points). Eligibility required incorporation and good standing in Florida for a minimum of two years, audited financial statements from recent periods, a current ratio of 1.0 or greater, and at least 90 days of cash reserves. The source does not provide sufficient detail to characterize the geographic spread or issuing-body concentration across additional states or jurisdictions, and no other recent opportunities appear in the provided data.