NIGP 96129: Economic Impact Studies

NIGP 96129 Economic Impact Studies, an Item code, encompasses research and analytical work that documents the economic effects of development, infrastructure investment, policy changes, and market conditions on municipal revenues, housing supply, employment, and business opportunity. State and local governments solicit studies under this code to support impact-fee structures, land-use policy decisions, workforce development planning, procurement equity analysis, and feasibility assessments for major development initiatives. Work actually being solicited ranges from nexus studies establishing the legal and economic nexus between new development and infrastructure costs (linkage fees, development impact fees) to circular economy research, pedestrian and micromobility feasibility analysis, disparity studies documenting supply-chain demographics, and community land trust viability assessments. Issuing bodies include city planning and community development departments, county governments, state natural resources agencies, utility boards, and transit-adjacent municipal authorities. Cities and special districts are the dominant buyers, with repeat activity from Georgia municipalities (Stockbridge, McDonough, DeKalb County).

Recent opportunities span Colorado, Nevada, Florida, Virginia, Georgia, and California. The City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado issued RFP Solicitation 2629 on July 16, 2026 for a Housing Impact (Linkage) Fee Nexus Study, estimated at $55,000, to assess affordable-housing demand and develop a fee structure supporting its Affordable Housing Strategy. The Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources released RFP 70CNR-S3938 due August 3, 2026 for a six-month Circular Economy Study on hospitality-sector materials circularity, valued at $100,000 capped, requiring presentations from top-three scoring vendors. The City of Fort Myers rebid its Downtown Pedestrian Mall and Micromobility Feasibility Study (RSQ26028) with proposals due July 13, 2026, investigating Complete Streets and carbon-reduction opportunities across Downtown and Midtown districts. Fairfax County issued RFQ 2000004217 due July 24, 2026 for a Procurement Disparity Study analyzing supply-chain demographics against available business composition. The City of Santa Cruz solicited RFP RFPNOPW0290 (due April 23, 2026) for a Development Impact Fee and Nexus Study covering its 29-acre Downtown Plan Expansion, with infrastructure cost estimates of $39.9 million and compliance requirements under California's AB 1600 Mitigation Fee Act. Stockbridge, Georgia issued multiple on-call planning RFPs (2026-0004, 2026-0009) seeking task-order services for small-area studies and feasibility work. DeKalb County posted RFP 2026-005 for a Community Land Trust Feasibility Study. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife issued a sole-source notice for the 2027 USFWS National Survey of Hunting, Fishing, and Wildlife Recreation, estimated at $124,000.