NIGP 99347: Travel-In, Public Transportation, Other

NIGP 99347 Travel-In, Public Transportation, Other is an Item code capturing educational and social-service transportation experiences—study abroad programs, civil rights immersion journeys, senior transportation services, and specialized transit operations. State and local governments are soliciting services across all tiers: higher-education institutions (City Colleges of Chicago), regional planning agencies (Atlanta Regional Commission), transit authorities (City of Ocala/SunTran), county departments (Clayton County, Monroe County), school districts (Bibb County Schools), and specialized transportation coordinators (Ocala Marion Transportation Planning Organization). Recent opportunities show a two-tier pattern: sole-source procurements for boutique experiential travel (Kenya and Panama study abroad programs, civil rights immersion in Atlanta-Montgomery-Selma-Birmingham, and student re-engagement travel coaching), and competitive solicitations for operational paratransit and fixed-route senior and disadvantaged-population services funded through FTA Section 5310, Chapter 427 Florida Statutes transportation-disadvantaged programs, and municipal budgets. Representative recent work includes City Colleges of Chicago's four-day civil rights educational travel to the South ($54,366, sole source to The Justice Journey Experience, March 31–April 3, 2027, November 2, 2026 hearing deadline), and Atlanta Regional Commission's Notice of Funding Availability for FTA Section 5310 transportation services across an 11-county metro region ($687,500 in capital funds, proposals due November 9, 2026).

Georgia and Florida are the leading procurement jurisdictions in recent activity, with secondary concentration in Illinois (City Colleges of Chicago represents the largest buyer by count of posted solicitations). The Atlanta Regional Commission, Clayton County, Monroe County, and Ocala Marion TPO are recurring issuers of paratransit and senior-transportation RFPs. Other geographic activity spans Indiana (Bibb County Schools in Georgia), with no strong concentration in other regions. Representative recent opportunities include Bibb County Schools' districtwide charter bus services RFP ($56,000 estimated annual scope, September 15, 2026 deadline), Clayton County's senior transportation RFP (non-emergency medical, fixed-route, and demand-response services, May 29, 2026 deadline, one-year term with four renewal options), Monroe County's comprehensive paratransit procurement under Florida's Transportation Disadvantaged Program (July 21, 2026 deadline, October 1, 2026 service commencement), and Ocala Marion TPO's Community Transportation Coordinator solicitation for Marion County (four-and-one-half-year term, January 1, 2027 commencement, October 12, 2026 deadline).