NIGP 97236: Participant Costs, Other

NIGP 97236 Participant Costs, Other is an Item code under which state and local governments procure reimbursement, stipends, honoraria, travel allowances, and similar direct payments to individuals participating in government-sponsored programs, conferences, training events, or advisory activities. The code captures ad hoc participant support that does not fit into narrower NIGP categories — meals, lodging, registration fees, speaker fees, and per-diem payments to attendees, panelists, grant recipients, or community volunteers engaged in public initiatives. Issuing bodies span state agencies, county governments, municipalities, school districts, and special-purpose districts; the dispersed nature of participant costs means no single jurisdiction dominates, and the code sees activity wherever government convenes stakeholders for public-facing events or community engagement.

The source provided does not include a block of recent state and local contract opportunities under this code, so no representative solicitations, issuing-body concentration, or geographic spread can be drawn from posted tenders. Activity under NIGP 97236 typically emerges within broader requests for proposals or as line items in larger program budgets rather than as standalone competitive procurements, which may explain the absence of visible individual tenders in state and local notice systems.