NIGP 96276: Seating and Meeting Services, Public

NIGP 96276 Seating and Meeting Services, Public is an Item code covering the procurement of seating infrastructure and associated meeting or event facilities by state and local government bodies. Based on recent solicitations, the code encompasses bleacher and terrace seating installation at school athletic facilities, venue selection and hospitality services for large-scale government conferences and professional development events, and planning and design services for community gathering spaces and greenspace infrastructure. Issuing bodies under this code span school districts, municipalities, and state-level public entities. Fulton County Schools in Georgia has posted multiple iterations of the same terrace seating upgrade at Chattahoochee High School Baseball Field, indicating repeat activity within a single jurisdiction. Other recent buyers include the City of DeBary, Florida (park irrigation and associated infrastructure improvements), the City of Orlando, Florida (transportation planning services), the City of Mableton, Georgia (sustainability and greenspace master planning), and Florida Virtual School (annual conference venue and hospitality services). The geographic footprint centers on Florida and Georgia, with secondary activity in these states reflecting a concentration among school systems and municipal planning departments in the Southeast.

Representative recent opportunities include Fulton County Schools' IFB 146-27 for terrace seating at Chattahoochee High School Baseball Field, due November 12, 2026, with mandatory pre-bid conference and site visit on October 22, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. EST, and Florida Virtual School's RFP for Annual Professional Learning Conference venue and hospitality services for 2027–2031, serving approximately 3,800 staff annually, with proposals due June 3, 2026. The City of Mableton, Georgia also posted two related planning RFPs in August 2026 addressing sustainability and greenspace master planning (RFP 27-03, due September 24, 2026) and integrated small area planning and redevelopment implementation services (RFP 27-02, due October 8, 2026), reflecting municipal investment in infrastructure and community-space planning that feeds into seating and meeting facility procurement downstream. No set-aside or preference designations appear in the available solicitation records.