NIGP 96891: Water Supply Analysis, Infrastructure Analysis, Water Quality Analysis, and Long Term Planning

NIGP 96891 Water Supply Analysis, Infrastructure Analysis, Water Quality Analysis, and Long Term Planning is an Item code covering the professional and technical services that state and local governments procure to assess, monitor, and plan water infrastructure systems. Based on recent opportunities, state and local buyers under this code are contracting for water master plans, asset condition assessments, demand forecasting, long-range planning studies, water quality monitoring and testing, aquifer storage and recovery design, utility infrastructure evaluation, and groundwater analysis—all aimed at supporting capital planning, regulatory compliance, and operational decision-making for water systems. The issuing bodies are diverse: county water authorities and departments, municipal water utilities, metropolitan planning organizations, transit authorities, and special-purpose water districts. Water-dependent jurisdictions are the primary buyers, appearing repeatedly across the portfolio; Orange County, Florida and the City of Santa Cruz, California have each posted multiple solicitations in this code family within the past six months.

Orange County, Florida has been particularly active, issuing an RFP for engineering design services on CDBG-DR funded Long Lake Pump Station and Verona Park infrastructure projects with a combined not-to-exceed budget of $1,877,157 (due August 6, 2026), and an IFB for an indefinite-quantity Infrastructure Repair and Replacement Term Contract estimated at $5.28 million for the first year and $26.41 million over five years (due August 18, 2026). The City of Santa Cruz Water Department has solicited engineering proposals for converting Beltz 9 well to an aquifer storage and recovery facility (due February 4, 2026) and issued an RFP for water loss control program design and technical services including AWWA-certified auditing and Senate Bill 555 compliance work (due April 24, 2026). Other representative recent opportunities include the Texas Water Development Board soliciting mapping and line locates for small rural water utilities serving 1,100 or fewer customers with a maximum project cost of $4.75 million (due June 30, 2026); the Los Alamos County Incorporated requesting a 40-year long-range water supply plan through RFP 26-62 (due May 14, 2026); the Great Lakes Water Authority seeking a 2026 Water Master Plan serving 3.5 million people across Southeast Michigan (due March 27, 2026); and the City of Arlington, Texas procuring a machine learning-based water risk assessment analysis for its 1,474-mile water main network through RFP 26-0217 (due June 4, 2026). Geographic concentration centers on Florida, California, Texas, and the Great Lakes region, with secondary activity across Illinois, New Mexico, Georgia, Colorado, and Mississippi. Water quality testing and monitoring services are solicited regularly by county health departments and mental health facilities as well as municipal utilities, as evidenced by Okaloosa County's request for a portable multi-parameter sonde (due June 15, 2026), the County of Sacramento's RFP for laboratory testing services supporting three landfill facilities and groundwater monitoring (due May 26, 2026), and the Illinois Department of Corrections' water testing services IFB at Stateville Correctional Center (due June 9, 2026).