NIGP 96140: Forensic Services

NIGP 96140 Forensic Services, an Item code, encompasses the delivery of specialized forensic analysis, examination, and expert testimony services that state and local law enforcement, prosecutorial, and judicial bodies procure on an on-call or annual-contract basis. Recent solicitations show state and local governments buying forensic pathology autopsies and cause-of-death determinations; DNA analysis and outsourcing; controlled-substance and firearms testing; psychological and competency evaluations for court proceedings; sexual assault evidence collection and examination; forensic interviewing and victim advocacy in child abuse investigations; and forensic photography and documentation services. The buying jurisdictions span county sheriffs and coroners' offices, state forensic laboratories, superior courts, district attorneys, police departments, and child-welfare agencies. County coroners and sheriffs are repeat buyers—San Bernardino County Sheriff/Coroner/Public Administrator and Sacramento County Coroner's Office both solicited forensic pathology services in the recent window, while the Mississippi Forensic Laboratory issued multiple procurements for staffing, testing services, and method-validation consulting.

Solicitations cluster in California, Mississippi, and Texas, with additional activity in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Illinois, and Florida. Representative recent opportunities include San Bernardino County Sheriff's on-call medical evidence collection services across four geographic regions (RFP SHR127ADMSR6526, due October 29, 2026); Sacramento County Coroner's on-call forensic pathology services for medicolegal autopsies and expert testimony (RFP 2026PURBRFP0046, due June 25, 2026); the Superior Court of California, County of Calaveras, requesting a multi-vendor qualified evaluator pool for competency and criminal forensic psychological evaluations (RFP SP-2026-0026, due November 5, 2026, with a 3% DVBE evaluation incentive); and the Illinois State Police Division of Forensic Services increasing an existing DNA outsourcing contract with Bode by $2.7 million through June 2027 to address staffing shortages and Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act compliance. The Mississippi Forensic Laboratory also procured professional forensics staffing under sole-source award to SNA International for $2,521,382.40 over three years (RFIN 1711-27-R-RFIN-00001, commencing December 2026) to eliminate backlogs in firearms and drug testing.