NIGP 96348: Payments and Fees to Sub-Recipients

NIGP 96348 Payments and Fees to Sub-Recipients, an Item code, encompasses membership dues and recurring annual fees paid by state agencies to national professional associations, regulatory bodies, and multi-state governance organizations. State and local governments procure under this code to maintain their participation in and access to services provided by organizations representing their policy or regulatory interests—such as the National Governor's Association, state human services associations, public utility commissions, credit union supervisors, mental health program directors, and regional governance councils. These payments are structured as small purchases under sole-source conditions, reflecting that membership is available exclusively through each respective organization and does not invite competitive bidding. The issuing bodies are state-level departments across multiple functional areas: human services, commerce and economic development, financial and professional regulation, mental health, transportation, and public utilities. Each agency procures its own memberships independently, with no repeat purchasing pattern or cooperative purchasing vehicle evident in recent activity.

Recent activity clusters in Illinois, where the Department of Human Services, Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Department of Mental Health, and Department of Transportation have each posted sole-source membership acquisitions between May and August 2026. The City of Salem, Oregon also procured membership renewal for Regional Automated Information Network in August 2026 for $30,307.25. Representative procurements include the Illinois Department of Human Services' APHSA membership dues (IDHS SP w/ SS APHSA Membership Dues, posted August 28, 2026, due September 2, 2026), the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity's National Governor's Association one-year membership for $20,790.00 (FY27 NGA Annual Membership, posted August 14, 2026, due August 17, 2026), and the Illinois Department of Human Services' NASADAD annual dues (DHS SP SS NASADAD FY27 annual dues, posted June 10, 2026, due June 12, 2026). Response windows are uniformly tight—often one to three business days—and all solicitations follow the State of Illinois Standard Terms and Conditions framework for payment under the Prompt Payment Act.