NIGP 97234: Participant Costs, Foreign Travel

NIGP 97234 Participant Costs, Foreign Travel is an Item code under which state and local governments procure specialized project staffing and associated travel, event registration, and promotional activities focused on international destination marketing and travel industry engagement. The scope of work being solicited under this code centers on fixed-price contracting for bilingual project specialists who execute targeted marketing initiatives, coordinate participation at foreign travel trade shows and industry events, manage sales missions and tour operator trainings, conduct market research, and build relationships with international travel trade stakeholders — all aimed at generating leisure travel bookings and awareness for domestic destinations among foreign markets. The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau (Visit Lauderdale), a department of Broward County, Florida, has been the recent issuing body, posting paired informal RFPs in May 2026 for project specialists serving Spanish-speaking travel trade markets and Brazil-focused travel trade markets respectively. Both solicitations emphasize fixed-price all-inclusive budgets, fluency in both English and a target-market language (Spanish or Portuguese), existing comprehensive databases of travel trade contacts, and demonstrated past performance on similar projects within the preceding five years.

The geographic concentration evident in available opportunities centers on Florida, specifically Broward County and the Greater Fort Lauderdale market targeting outbound travel from Latin America, South America (Argentina, Colombia, Mexico), and Brazil. Visit Lauderdale issued two parallel informal RFPs posted May 7, 2026, both with response deadlines of May 22, 2026: one for a Spanish-speaking Project Specialist (CVB0410261150) and one for a Brazil-focused Project Specialist (CVB0407261008). Both contracts run from June 2026 through September 2027 with fixed budgets of $99,900 each on an all-inclusive basis covering registration fees, event participation, travel expenses, and coordination activities. Insurance requirements mandate Commercial General Liability of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate, with Broward County named as additional insured. Award is determined on a best value basis, and all responses are submitted electronically through Broward County's BPRO procurement platform. No set-aside designations or restrictions on vendor type are identified in either solicitation.