NIGP 95950: Marina Services

NIGP 95950 Marina Services, an Item code, encompasses vessel deployment, dock and waterway infrastructure repair, facility management, and operational services at publicly owned marinas and boat-launch facilities. State and local governments are procuring artificial reef deployment with specialized offshore vessels, marina redevelopment and boat-ramp construction, outsourced day-to-day marina operations including cleaning and minor maintenance, and facility operations covering watercraft rentals, fueling, and launch services. Issuing bodies include county commissions (Volusia, Clay, and Collier counties in Florida; DeKalb County in Georgia), state park agencies (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department), and municipal recreation departments (City of Detroit). County-level procurement dominates the recent activity, with multiple Florida counties soliciting marina services in parallel.

Recent opportunities span the Southeast and South with concentration in Florida. Volusia County posted ITB 26-B-127JS on October 5, 2026 (due November 5, 2026) for artificial reef deployment services, requiring offshore-capable vessels and barge operations to deploy reef materials at GPS-designated locations 1 to 33 miles offshore in 50- to 130-foot depths, with a three-year initial term and two optional one-year renewals and local preference of up to three percent for vendors with documented presence in Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, or Volusia County. Clay County Board of County Commissioners solicited RFB 2526089 (due July 6, 2026) for repairs and redevelopment at Knights Marina and Lake Shore Boat Ramp with performance and payment bonds required. Collier County issued ITN 25-8613R (due July 10, 2026) to outsource management of four county marinas—Port of the Islands Park, Goodland Boat Park, Cocohatchee River Park, and Caxambas Boat Park—with combined FY25 revenues of $2.138 million, requiring proposers to hold Certified Marina Manager certification and bid monthly commissions; local-vendor preference applies to Collier County–based businesses, and WBE/MBE status is a 10-point evaluation criterion. The City of Detroit issued RFP 545584 (due June 15, 2026) to operate and develop Riverside Marina (389 slips) and Erma Henderson Marina (247 slips), requiring five-year experience as a marina owner or commercial maritime developer, a twenty-year capital investment plan, and five-year financial projections, with Detroit equalization credits of one to five percent available and a twenty-year contract term. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department issued RFI 8022679987 for Cooper State Park marina operations on Jim Chapman Lake, with market-research responses due July 10, 2026 in advance of a formal RFP.