NIGP 96348: Payments and Fees to Sub-Recipients

NIGP 96348 Payments And Fees To Sub-Recipients, an Item code, comprises annual membership dues and assessment payments that state agencies pay to national and regional nonprofit associations, regulatory bodies, and inter-governmental organizations. State and local governments use this code to maintain participation in professional networks, regulatory frameworks, and collaborative governance structures—paying fixed annual membership fees to organizations such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, state mental health directors' associations, transportation safety alliances, and regional economic development authorities. The work is administrative in nature: funds transfer from a state agency to an external membership organization in exchange for continued membership status, access to professional services or accreditation, and participation in governance or technical committees.

The State of Illinois dominates recent activity under this code, with the Illinois Chief Procurement Office, Department of Human Services, Department of Mental Health, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Department of Insurance, Illinois State Police, and Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity all executing small-purchase sole-source procurements since February 2026. Representative recent opportunities include the Illinois Department of Human Services's procurement of National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) annual dues for FY27 (due May 26, 2026, RFP) and the Illinois Department of Insurance's notice of intent to award annual membership dues to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners for $110,800 covering May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2027. A single school-district outlier—Klein Independent School District in Harris County, Texas—posted an RFP for Career Technical Education and Advanced Academics instructional resources and memberships (due June 5, 2026), representing a broader procurement scope than the state agency memberships dominating the code. Illinois accounts for all recent membership-dues procurements in the block; no other states or local jurisdictions appear in the opportunities reviewed. All Illinois procurement carries sole-source conditions, compressed response windows (typically two to six days), and Standard Terms and Conditions V23.2 language mandating $1 million general commercial liability insurance, three- to five-year record retention, and State Prompt Payment Act compliance.