NIGP 96121: Cost Estimating
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18
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- Open opportunities
- 1 6 posted in the last 90 days
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State & local contract opportunities
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Opportunities by state
| Rank | State | Open now | Posted, last 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Georgia | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | California | 0 | 1 |
About NIGP 96121
NIGP 96121 Cost Estimating, an Item code, covers independent cost estimation services that state and local governments solicit to validate construction budgets, support alternative delivery projects (CM/GC, Design-Build, Public-Private Partnership), evaluate change orders, and perform value engineering across capital portfolios. Recent opportunities show public bodies procuring cost estimators as standalone consultants, embedded members of construction management at-risk teams, and on-call vendors for multi-year qualified-vendor lists; work ranges from preliminary planning estimates through construction-phase reconciliation and risk assessment.
Issuing bodies include state departments of transportation and corrections, county purchasing offices, municipal airports, university capital offices, and state parks agencies. Georgia sources dominate the recent opportunity set—the Georgia Department of Transportation, Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission on behalf of the Department of Corrections, and Georgia Institute of Technology each posted cost-estimating or ICE-services solicitations between September and October 2026. Beyond Georgia, recent activity includes Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (qualified-vendor list for multi-project cost review); Sacramento County, California airports (on-call cost estimating within broader A/E services); Broward County, Florida seaport and convention center divisions (cost estimating embedded in parking-garage design contracts); and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (construction manager at-risk procurements with cost-estimating components). The Georgia Department of Transportation's RFQ for Independent Cost Estimator services supporting I-285 East Express Lanes (PE48401RFQ2027000000632, due November 16, 2026) exemplifies the alternative-delivery segment and requires ten years of bottom-up, HCSS-based production estimating experience; Georgia Institute of Technology's IDIQ for Construction Manager Cost Management Services (PE50300RFP2027000000349, due November 5, 2026) seeks cost modeling, design estimates, and change-order evaluation across multiple project categories; and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania's three-year cost-estimating vendor list (RFP 2638, due July 16, 2026) aggregates preliminary through construction-document estimating for capital projects on rotating task-order basis.
Quick answers
What is NIGP 96121?
NIGP 96121 is Cost Estimating, an item in NIGP 18, Miscellaneous Commodities and Services.
Which states post the most state and local bids under NIGP 96121?
The states with the most state and local contract opportunities under NIGP 96121 posted in the last 90 days are Texas (3), Georgia (2) and California (1).
What is the latest state & local contract opportunity under NIGP 96121?
The latest state & local contract opportunity under NIGP 96121 is GDC-181C-CM, New Transitional Center, Warner Robins from Georgia, posted October 6, 2026.
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