NIGP 97242: Participant Support Costs, Sponsored

NIGP 97242 Participant Support Costs, Sponsored is an Item code under which state and local governments procure contracted services that provide direct support to students, participants, and community members — including academic enrichment, mentorship, leadership development, social-emotional wellness, career planning, and extracurricular programming. The code captures services that fill gaps in institutional capacity and address barriers to student success, as well as sponsorship and naming-rights services that generate operational revenue for municipal and school district facilities. Solicitations under this code come primarily from school districts and cities, with recent RFPs focusing on multi-year engagements structured around performance-based metrics and competitive evaluation of experience, approach, budget, and references. Contractors typically must demonstrate prior experience serving the target population in similar environments, carry specialized insurance including sexual abuse and molestation coverage where student contact is involved, and comply with background clearance and public records management requirements.

Recent activity in the code spans California and Florida. Stockton Unified School District (the fifteenth largest TK-12 district in California, serving over 34,000 students) issued RFP 26-27-02 on July 16, 2026, seeking academic, extracurricular, and emotional support services for at-risk students, with proposals due August 4, 2026; the District specifically encourages applications from Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, Small Local Business Enterprises, and Small Emerging Local Business Enterprises, and evaluation weights experience and qualifications at 35 percent. The City of New Smyrna Beach, Florida posted RFP 16-25-LS on March 17, 2026, to identify and manage naming rights and sponsorship opportunities across city-owned facilities including the Sports Complex and Brannon Center, with compensation structured as a percentage commission on secured sponsorships; the response deadline was August 25, 2025.