NIGP 971: Real Property Rental or Lease

NIGP 971 Real Property Rental Or Lease, a Class code, encompasses state and local government leasing and rental activity across office space, recreational facilities, agricultural land, parking areas, and specialized operational venues. State and local governments are actively soliciting lease arrangements for administrative headquarters, field service centers, temporary mobile offices, community recreation facilities, and niche concession and operational licensing at parks and public venues—with responses ranging from traditional triple-net office leases to percentage-of-gross-receipts arrangements for food, beverage, and tourism operations.

The issuing-body mix spans state departments (Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services), county governments (Bernalillo, Harris, Santa Clara, Boulder), city planning and parks departments (Phoenix, Wichita, Santa Cruz, Pasadena, Tampa, Dallas, Austin, Santa Fe), school districts (Pasadena ISD, Liberty Hill ISD, Bryan ISD, Wicomico County Public Schools), workforce development boards (Workforce Solutions Borderplex in El Paso), and specialized authorities (Integral Care in Travis County). Recent activity shows state departments and county/municipal real estate divisions as repeat buyers, with particular concentration among Texas agencies (TxDMV leasing multiple regional service centers, City of Dallas and City of Austin, multiple school districts) and Colorado county parks departments (Boulder County Parks & Open Space leasing agricultural land). Geographic spread centers on Texas (Dallas, Austin, Houston, Pasadena, El Paso, Pflugerville, Liberty Hill, Bryan), Colorado (Boulder County), Kentucky (statewide state park operations), and California (Sacramento, Santa Cruz), with secondary activity across Florida, Arizona, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Kansas, and Nevada counties. The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles alone posted multiple office-space solicitations between June and July 2026 for North Dallas regional service centers, while Boulder County Parks & Open Space issued concurrent agricultural lease RFPs for large acreage properties. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles issuing RFP 608-26-97145-NDRSC on July 1, 2026, seeking 11,000 to 14,000 square feet of Class A or B office space in North Dallas to house a 27-person regional service center (proposals due July 24, 2026); the Commonwealth of Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet Division of Real Properties posting RFB080526 on July 13, 2026, licensing self-service kayak rental kiosk operations at four state parks (bids due August 5, 2026); the City of Wichita Parks & Recreation Department issuing RFP 260092 on April 10, 2026, to lease the 4,376-square-foot Woodland North Park Facility to a qualified community-services operator (proposals due May 15, 2026); and Boulder County Parks & Open Space releasing concurrent agricultural leases for 31 acres (James Construction, RFP-274-26, due May 8, 2026), 54.5 acres (Wilkie Miller, RFP-271-26, due April 24, 2026), and 756 acres (AHI property, RFP-270-26, due April 21, 2026) with evaluation weighted heavily toward sustainability practices and operational plans. Pricing models vary from firm fixed monthly rents to percentage-of-gross-receipts (typically 10–25% for concessions and food operations) and performance-based fee structures. Activity remains steady across all geographic regions with no signs of contraction.