NIGP 95950: Marina Services

NIGP 95950 Marina Services, an Item code, encompasses the operation, maintenance, and development of public waterfront facilities including boat slips, fuel sales, watercraft rentals, launch ramps, and ancillary retail and food service operations. State and local governments solicit under this code to contract out full marina management and operations, facility repairs and redevelopment, and specialized services at public-owned waterfront parks. Issuing bodies include county boards of commissioners, city parks and recreation departments, and state natural-resource agencies. County governments and cities are the dominant buyers; Collier County has posted multiple iterations of the same four-marina outsourcing solicitation, and the City of Detroit and Augusta-Richmond County have each solicited for major marina operations contracts in the recent window.

Recent activity spans Florida (Collier County's four-marina ITN and Clay County's boat-ramp repair RFB), Georgia (DeKalb County tennis center reconstruction, Augusta-Richmond County marina operator RFP), Michigan (City of Detroit's Riverside and Erma Henderson marinas RFP), and Texas (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Cooper State Park marina RFI). The City of Detroit's Riverside and Erma Henderson Marina RFP, due June 15, 2026, seeks operators for two facilities (389 slips and 247 slips respectively) with a twenty-year contract term, five-year financial proforma, and twenty-year Capital Investment Plan; qualified respondents must demonstrate five years' marina ownership or commercial maritime development experience and compete on operations (30 points), development (30 points), experience (20 points), and affordability (20 points), with up to 10 additional Detroit Equalization Credits available. Collier County's revised ITN 25-8613R, due July 10, 2026, outsources management of Port of the Islands Park, Goodland Boat Park, Cocohatchee River Park, and Caxambas Boat Park (combined FY25 revenues of $2.138 million), with proposers required to hold Certified Marina Manager certification, submit monthly commission bids, and meet local-vendor preference and WBE/MBE evaluation criteria; the contract term is four years with two three-year renewal options. Augusta-Richmond County's marina operator RFP (Item #26-243), closed April 15, 2026, covered three facilities (67 slips, 5 parallel slips, and 50+ boat warehouse) and required five years' prior marina operation experience.