NIGP 96252: Mapping Services (Including Cartography and Surveying Services, Not Aerial)(see 920-33 for Digitized Mapping Services) and 905-10 for Aerial Mapping and Survey Services

NIGP 96252 Mapping Services (Including Cartography and Surveying Services, Not Aerial) is an Item code reflecting the broad terrain of ground-based surveying, cartography, and geographic data collection that state and local governments procure to support infrastructure planning, asset management, regulatory compliance, and public works delivery. State and local jurisdictions are actively soliciting under this code for land surveys (boundary, topographic, ALTA/ACSM, as-built, construction staking, utility location), cartography and GIS-based mapping, digital orthophotography and oblique imagery, lidar data collection, property intelligence and change-detection services, and specialized surveys such as vegetation community assessments, hydrography development, and sidewalk and utility inventories. Recent activity spans cities, counties, regional authorities, state departments, and special-purpose districts soliciting through RFP, RFQ, and IFB vehicles—some as one-time projects, others as continuing or on-call task-order frameworks with multiple award structures.

Representative recent solicitations demonstrate the scope's diversity: the City of Casselberry (Florida) issued a Statement of Qualifications for park planning and design (SOQ-2018-0353) and a separate SOQ (SOQ-2019-0424) for stormwater and lakes management consulting with five-year terms and multiple awardees; Boulder County Public Works (Colorado) issued RFP-319-26 for an independent pavement condition inventory across 382 miles of county roads using ASTM D6433 standards and GIS integration, with proposals due November 19, 2026; the City of Waco (Texas) and McLennan County jointly solicited sealed proposals for regional digital orthoimagery acquisition and impervious surface change mapping (RFP 2026-050), with bids due September 25, 2026; Rockland County Highway Department (New York) requested proposals for street-level panoramic imagery, lidar, and GIS asset inventory services (RFPRC2026030) due October 29, 2026; the City of Tybee Island (Georgia) requested proposals for a Historic Resources Survey Update Phase I with GIS database entry and mapping (RFP2026-112), proposals due October 19, 2026; and the City of Altamonte Springs (Florida) issued RFP 26-073-GR for continuing surveying and mapping services on an as-needed basis with a two-year initial term and two optional two-year extensions. Geographic activity concentrates in Florida (multiple counties and municipalities), Texas (multiple jurisdictions including state and regional authorities), Georgia (cities and state entities), Colorado (county public works), New York (county highway), and the broader New England region (Massachusetts USGS hydrography coordination). The issuing-body mix spans municipal planning and public works departments, county transportation and environmental agencies, regional transit and planning authorities, state water and environmental departments, and university systems—with repeat activity from Florida municipalities and Texas regional agencies. The code sees sustained demand for both discrete project-scoped surveys and multi-year continuing-services vehicles where districts or municipalities issue task orders as needs arise throughout contract terms.