NIGP 97102: Athletic Facility Rental or Lease

NIGP 97102 Athletic Facility Rental or Lease, an Item code, encompasses state and local governments leasing or operating sports and recreational facilities to athletic associations, sports operators, and community organizations. Recent solicitations show government entities contracting out facility management, competitive programming, and league operations across multi-sport complexes, stadiums, and aquatic centers—work that includes field maintenance, scheduling, concessions management, liability insurance requirements, and compliance with municipal policies. Issuing bodies span school districts, municipal recreation departments, and county parks and recreation agencies, with the work typically structured as three- to ten-year lease or operational agreements where selected vendors assume day-to-day facility stewardship while municipalities retain major infrastructure maintenance and policy authority.

Geographic activity over the past four months spans Mississippi, Kansas, Florida, North Carolina, and Georgia. Representative recent opportunities include Jackson Public School District's sealed-bid bow hunting lease on 16th Section land (due October 19, 2026), the City of Olathe, Kansas's RFP for exclusive seasonal use and tournament operations at two girls softball complexes (due October 7, 2026, with vendor interviews scheduled for the week of October 19), Clay County Department of Parks and Recreation's competitive application for youth and adult sports programming across seven parks (responding organizations pay one dollar annual rent and must hold 501(c)(3) status with $1 million per occurrence liability coverage), the Town of Mooresville, North Carolina's ten-year RFP for Moor Park Stadium lease and operations (proposal deadline June 17, 2026), and Henry County, Georgia's RFQ for age group competitive swimming at the aquatic center on a one-year term with two optional renewals (sealed bids due June 2, 2026, at fixed hourly rates of $20–$60 depending on lane count).