NIGP 96889: Traffic Studies and Analysis Services

NIGP 96889 Traffic Studies and Analysis Services, an Item code, encompasses traffic engineering consulting work that state and local governments procure to analyze traffic patterns, optimize signal timing, evaluate safety conditions, and support transportation planning decisions. Recent solicitations show demand for feasibility studies examining freight movement and complete streets opportunities, comprehensive safety action plans targeting high-injury corridors and school zones, microsimulation modeling of critical intersections and corridors, traffic monitoring equipment and systems, and data collection services spanning volume counts, speed studies, and turning movement analysis.

State departments, counties, cities, and metropolitan planning organizations constitute the primary issuing bodies. Georgia Department of Transportation, multiple Florida counties and municipalities (Sarasota, Seminole, Collier, and others), and Texas cities (Brownsville, Fort Worth, Richardson) appear frequently across recent solicitations. Henry County, Georgia; Bryan County, Georgia; and Spalding County, Georgia have each issued multiple safety action plan and freight planning RFPs in 2026. Work spans infrastructure modernization (traffic signal upgrades through Carbon Reduction Program funding), federal safety initiatives (Safe Streets and Roads for All grants), and routine operational support. Henry County's RFP 26-41 for a Freight Cluster Plan with proposals due July 30, 2026, exemplifies the scope: comprehensive freight transportation assessment including stakeholder engagement, traffic analysis at key intersections using Highway Capacity Manual methodology, and recommendations for short- and long-term projects over 12 to 18 months with a maximum 20 percent local match requirement. Similarly, Bryan County's SS4A Safety Action Plan RFP due August 14, 2026, seeks planning services covering road safety analysis and countermeasure development. Traffic signal modernization is active across Texas (Brownsville's Light Synchronization Project, IFB due July 28, 2026, deploying advanced detection and GPS-based synchronization), with equipment procurement from Collier County (ITB for 22 vehicle count station bundles with five-year cellular service, due August 3, 2026) indicating sustained demand for monitoring infrastructure. Geographic activity centers on Georgia (particularly Atlanta region and surrounding counties), Florida (especially Sarasota, Broward, and Seminole Counties), and Texas (Houston area, Brownsville, Fort Worth), with emerging activity in Colorado, Washington State, and Connecticut. The code reflects a mix of planning-stage work ($300,000–$475,000 budgets for comprehensive safety plans), capital equipment and installation contracts (signal systems, detection devices, fiber optic infrastructure), and ongoing as-needed service agreements (continuing traffic engineering support, data collection, signal timing maintenance). Set-asides appear in specific procurements—Hillsborough County's professional traffic engineering services carry an SBE set-aside with $4 million estimated value (RFQ 26-28, due July 28, 2026)—but most opportunities remain open to all responsive firms. Federal funding (FDOT, FHWA, Safe Streets and Roads for All grants) drives significant activity, typically requiring GDOT prequalification, Davis-Bacon wage compliance, Buy America provisions, and DBE participation goals where applicable.