NIGP 95892: Travel Management Services

NIGP 95892 Travel Management Services, an Item code, encompasses airline reservations, ground transportation, hotel bookings, group travel coordination, and destination marketing support that state and local governments purchase for employee travel, student programs, athletic team trips, and tourism development. Recent solicitations show school districts, county governments, state agencies, universities, and convention and visitor bureaus procuring these services across multiple geographies and delivery models—from full-service travel agency support to specialized services such as sports team charter flights, paratransit operations, trade show coordination, and destination-specific market development.

State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code include school districts (Pinellas County Schools in Florida, Granite School District in Utah, Howard County Board of Education in Maryland, University of Maryland Eastern Shore), county governments (Monroe County in Florida, Broward County in Florida, Pinal County in Arizona, Collier County in Florida), state agencies (Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget; Texas Department of Transportation; Georgia Department of Transportation; California Department of Parks and Recreation), transit authorities (Orange County Transportation Authority in California), and universities and colleges (University of Houston-Downtown, Texas Southern University, Snow College, Chesapeake College, Frederick Community College). Recent examples include the California Department of Parks and Recreation's IFB for bus transportation to the Santa Barbara Junior Lifeguard Program (due October 29, 2026), Pinellas County School District's ITB for travel management services with ARC/IATA-appointed travel agencies (due July 9, 2026, estimated annual value $50,000), the Michigan Department of Technology's RFP for statewide travel administrator services spanning five years with base pricing fixed across that term and mandatory financial reporting through October 23, 2031, the Orange County Transportation Authority's RFP for paratransit operations and management spanning eight years (July 1, 2027 through June 30, 2035), and Broward County's multiple RFPs for project specialists supporting travel trade development in Brazil, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Continental Europe, and Spanish-speaking markets (all due between August 26 and September 11, 2026, estimated budget $99,900 each). Activity is concentrated in Florida, California, Michigan, Utah, and Georgia, with secondary volume in Texas, Arizona, Maryland, and other states. The code sees steady demand across school districts pursuing student group travel and athletic transportation, counties managing paratransit and employee travel programs, state DOTs and transit authorities procuring operational services, and tourism agencies hiring trade development specialists to generate leisure travel revenue.