NIGP 98865: Parks Systems Technical Services

NIGP 98865 Parks Systems Technical Services (Item) covers advisory, planning, and strategic consulting services for parks and recreation departments to inform operational decisions, facility improvements, and long-term system direction. State and local governments soliciting under this code right now are primarily city parks and recreation departments and county recreation authorities seeking comprehensive master plans, strategic planning updates, and capital improvement assessments—work that establishes 5- to 15-year organizational direction, identifies maintenance and facility needs, recommends expansion priorities, and develops implementation and performance frameworks. Issuing bodies span municipalities of varied size (Wheat Ridge, Colorado; Green Cove Springs, Florida; Owensboro, Kentucky; Parker, Colorado; Augusta, Georgia) and county systems (Sarasota County, Florida; DeKalb County, Georgia; Tucson, Arizona). Consultants bidding under the code typically serve parks departments directly and contract with municipalities through RFP or RFQ processes; the scope includes facilitation and strategic assessment, stakeholder engagement, delivery of five- to ten-year master plans in multiple formats, implementation matrices, performance-measurement frameworks, and sometimes site-specific planning (playground design, driving range technology integration, parking and accessibility improvements to community centers).

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast and Southwest. The City of Wheat Ridge Parks & Recreation Department issued RFP 2650 for a five-year strategic plan update due October 28, 2026, with a budget ceiling of $25,000 and deliverables including a strategic plan in accessible and editable formats, an executive summary, implementation matrix, and performance-measure framework. The City of Tucson Parks and Recreation Department sought a multidisciplinary consultant firm through RFQ 260146 to develop a comprehensive 15-year masterplan covering 132 parks, 18 recreation centers, 20 swimming pools, and 190 sports fields, with an estimated annual budget of $600,000; Sarasota County issued RFP 262834MN for a 10-year master plan update to its 2016 baseline, posted and closed same-day on June 23, 2026. The Augusta Recreation and Parks Department issued RFQ #26-906 for redevelopment planning and ongoing management of Vernon Forrest Park, due August 14, 2026, with emphasis on consultant-identified funding sources rather than municipal budget utilization. The State of Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands posted RFP 202604075 for a remote off-grid cashless payment kiosk system at Quoddy Head State Park, with an initial contract period from July 1, 2026, through October 15, 2028, and optional renewal through 2031.