NIGP 97230: Non-Related Research Services (1099)

NIGP 97230 Non-Related Research Services is an Item code under which state and local governments procure facilitated community engagement, stakeholder feedback analysis, and data synthesis services. Recent solicitations show school districts and municipal governments buying structured stakeholder convening, synthesis of community input across multiple meetings or sessions, and actionable analysis delivered to governing boards or grant administrators. The work involves recruiting and training facilitators, conducting multi-stakeholder meetings with 50+ participants per session, documenting feedback thematically, and translating raw community data into board-ready recommendations or grant-aligned insights. Issuing bodies include independent school districts and city governments managing federal or local initiatives that require sustained public input channels. Firms typically contract as single full-service vendors responsible for end-to-end facilitation, documentation, analysis, and executive reporting.

DeKalb County School District posted RFP 27-810 on August 6, 2026, due August 27, seeking a vendor to facilitate Community Advisory Team meetings across six school clusters, analyze cluster-level feedback, and present synthesis findings to the Board of Education by May 2027; the contract runs one year with up to four one-year renewal options. Columbus Consolidated Government posted an RFP on July 2, 2026, due August 21, for community engagement services tied to a $1 million EPA Multipurpose Brownfield Grant in Columbus, Georgia, covering visioning charrettes, public meetings, community involvement plan implementation, and grant-aligned programmatic support on a three-year term with two optional one-year extensions. Both opportunities emphasize trained facilitation staff, quantified stakeholder participation, written synthesis and analysis products, and presentations to decision-making bodies. Activity appears concentrated in the Southeast; pricing structures typically require line-item costing for per-meeting facilitation labor, project management, and deliverables rather than lump-sum fees.