NIGP 96156: Program/Project Development and Management Services

NIGP 96156 Program/Project Development and Management Services is an Item code encompassing the full lifecycle management of capital, infrastructure, and programmatic initiatives from conception through closeout. State and local governments procure services under this code to manage complex projects requiring coordination across multiple phases—planning, design, procurement, construction, implementation, and evaluation—with emphasis on program controls, stakeholder engagement, compliance reporting, and delivery within budget and schedule. Recent solicitations show demand for program managers overseeing transportation infrastructure, public facilities, workforce initiatives, technology systems, housing development, and public art coordination, typically structured as full-time dedicated roles or as-needed task-order arrangements billed at hourly or blended rates.

Issuing bodies span state departments (Washington State OSPI, Oregon Business Development, Georgia DNR, New Mexico DPS), counties (Hillsborough, DeKalb, Cherokee, Ventura), cities (Bridgeport, Phoenix, Salem, Dunwoody, Madison, College Park, Detroit, North Miami Beach), transit authorities (Jacksonville Transportation Authority), and special districts. County governments and municipal departments appear most active, particularly in transportation, capital facilities, and community development programs. Geographic spread includes significant recent activity in California (Ventura County and County of Los Angeles), Florida (Hillsborough, Escambia, Duval), Georgia (DeKalb, Cherokee, College Park), Washington State, Oregon, Connecticut, and Arizona, with lighter representation across the remaining states. Representative recent opportunities include Hillsborough County's competitive RFP for CDBG public facilities construction management (responses due February 25, 2026); Cherokee County's TSPLOST program management RFP for a $282 million transportation program with proposals due March 24, 2026; the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction's RFP for statewide IEP platform implementation and governance, an enterprise-scale education technology project with proposals due June 30, 2026; North Clackamas School District's project management RFP for a $245 million bond program (proposals due May 7, 2026); and the City of Bridgeport's program development RFP for non-congregate shelter acquisition and development, funded through American Rescue Plan allocation (Preliminary Project Assessment due July 30, 2026).