NIGP 97138: Medical and Health Care Office Space Rental or Lease

NIGP 97138 Medical And Health Care Office Space Rental Or Lease, an Item code, does not align with the actual work state and local governments are soliciting under this category identifier. The recent opportunities posted under this code do not describe medical or health care office space rental or lease; instead, they reflect occupational health services delivery and municipal utility financial planning software — neither of which falls within the scope of real property leasing. The Washington State Department of Transportation's solicitation for occupational medical surveillance services (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) seeks a licensed physician or board-certified occupational medicine provider to deliver baseline, periodic, follow-up, and exit medical examinations across 14 Washington ferry system locations, with two-year initial term and five optional one-year extensions. The City of Gallup, New Mexico's Long-Term Financial Planning and Rate Management Services RFP (2026RFP004, due June 24, 2025) targets cloud-based financial planning and utility rate modeling software with advisory services for municipal electric operations. These solicitations suggest either data-entry errors in the NIGP taxonomy assignment or a systematic miscoding of occupational health and utility software services under a real property lease category.

The geographic spread of recent activity covers Washington State (ferry system) and New Mexico (municipal electric utility), with no indication of broader state or regional clustering. Issuing bodies include a state transportation authority and a city utilities department. Given the categorical mismatch between the NIGP definition and what is actually being purchased, the code does not represent a reliable market signal for medical and health care office space leasing activity. Firms pursuing health care real estate or occupational health service delivery should verify solicitation details independently rather than rely on this code's historical taxonomy placement.