NIGP 97236: Participant Costs, Other

NIGP 97236 Participant Costs, Other is an Item code covering miscellaneous participant-related expenses that do not fit within other designated cost categories in state and local contracting. The code captures out-of-pocket and reimbursable costs associated with program participants, training attendees, conference delegates, or other individuals engaged in publicly funded activities—including per diem, travel stipends, meal allowances, materials fees, and registration charges where those costs are not segregated into dedicated line items. State departments, counties, cities, school districts, transit authorities, and social-service districts all draw on this code when budgeting for participant support in grant-funded programs, workforce development initiatives, community development projects, and intergovernmental training events. The code serves as a catch-all for smaller or one-off participant expenses that arise in contracts where participant support is a secondary cost center rather than the primary deliverable.

The source provided contains no recent state and local contract opportunities solicited under NIGP 97236 Participant Costs, Other. Without posted RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, or ITBs naming this code in recent notices, geographic concentration and representative procurement activity cannot be characterized. The code may see episodic or decentralized activity across multiple jurisdictions—a signal common to miscellaneous cost-reimbursement codes—or activity concentrated in specific program types not yet reflected in available posting records.