NIGP 96144: Industrial Development and Planning Services

NIGP 96144 Industrial Development and Planning Services, an Item code, encompasses professional consulting work that state and local governments procure to support economic development initiatives, corridor revitalization strategies, and long-range land-use planning at the municipal and regional scale. Recent solicitations show cities and counties buying master planning, feasibility analysis, code revision, market research, retail recruitment strategy, and pre-development services—work that sits upstream of capital project delivery and focuses on strategic positioning, entitlement pathways, and implementation frameworks for commercial districts, utility properties, and mixed-use development sites.

The code draws solicitation activity from municipal planning departments, county economic development offices, public authorities (including airport and utility commissions), and city development agencies across multiple regions. Recent opportunities span Florida (City of DeBary, City of New Smyrna Beach), Georgia (City of Alpharetta, City of Swainsboro, Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, City of Mableton, City of McDonough, City of Stockbridge, City of Savannah), Michigan (City of Taylor), Arizona (City of Tucson), Oregon (Bend Urban Renewal Agency), Wisconsin (City of Madison), California (Sacramento County), and Connecticut (City of Bridgeport), with Georgia showing particular concentration in on-call planning contracting. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Alpharetta's RFQ 27-1002 for on-call planning services due October 29, 2026 (a five-year task-order contract covering code revision, urban planning, and landscape architecture); the City of Taylor, Michigan's RFP for a comprehensive master plan rewrite due September 1, 2026; the Utilities Commission, City of New Smyrna Beach's RFP 15-26 for Western Utility Complex planning and entitlement due July 16, 2026 (with separately awardable components addressing public facility siting and private parcel development strategy); and Sacramento County's solicitation for an Investment and Revitalization Strategy covering 15 commercial corridors, due September 4, 2026. On-call and task-order structures dominate the market; fixed scope, single-phase master plan rewrites appear less frequently. Most opportunities are open without stated set-asides or local-preference restrictions.