NIGP 97215: Education Research Center Fees

NIGP 97215 Education Research Center Fees, an Item code, captures state and local spending on access fees, memberships, and subscription charges for educational research centers and similar institutions that provide data, analysis, or research services to government agencies. The scope includes fees paid to university-based research centers, think tanks, policy research organizations, and specialized education research institutions that support state and local decision-making around curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, and education policy. State departments of education, school districts, and education-focused agencies use this code when contracting for research access, analytical support, or institutional memberships rather than commissioning custom research projects or hiring research staff directly.

No recent state or local contract opportunities appear in the current procurement record for NIGP 97215 Education Research Center Fees. The absence of posted solicitations suggests either limited current demand under this specific Item code or procurement activity concentrated in frameworks outside the traditional RFP/RFQ/IFB/ITB notice cycle—such as cooperative purchasing agreements, direct awards to research institutions, or education-focused state purchasing consortia that may aggregate demand across multiple jurisdictions without individual solicitation announcements.