UNSPSC 93151515: National planning services

UNSPSC 93151515 National planning services is a Commodity code capturing strategic planning, operational assessments, and facilitation services that state and local governments buy to develop roadmaps, improve organizational performance, and guide long-term decision-making. Recent solicitations show issuing bodies procuring comprehensive planning work — Texas State University sought operational efficiency reviews and process redesign across three system institutions; Atlanta BeltLine Inc. requested a maintenance, operations, and funding strategy for a 22-mile trail system paired with a dynamic financial planning model; and San Mateo County engaged a facilitator to lead a Permit Entitlement Blue Ribbon Task Force through a structured operational and process assessment of the Planning and Building Department. The work spans organizational design, workforce planning, strategic roadmapping, stakeholder engagement, and implementation frameworks, with scope running from two-week facilitation cycles to multi-month evidence-based assessments grounded in SWOT analysis, data gathering, and actionable recommendations.

Issuing bodies include university systems, special-purpose authorities (transit, corridor improvement districts), county governments, and municipalities. Texas State University, San Mateo County, and Atlanta BeltLine Inc. are recent repeat buyers in the code's activity. Geographic spread is broad but lightly concentrated: Texas (Texas State University RFQ, multiple workforce and child care RFPs), Florida (Seminole County disaster recovery consulting), Georgia (Atlanta BeltLine trail maintenance strategy and conference planning), California (San Mateo County permit entitlement facilitation, Pasadena library CMAR), Oregon (Arts Commission two-year strategic planning), Connecticut (Bristol Plan of Conservation and Development update), and Washington (OSPI federal grant monitoring). Representative recent opportunities include Texas State University's RFQ 754-TXST-2027-520-PDC for operational efficiency and process redesign across three institutions (due October 27, 2026), San Mateo County's RFP 2026RFP00593 for a Permit Entitlement Blue Ribbon Task Force facilitator (due August 3, 2026), and Atlanta BeltLine Inc.'s RFP RE2026121 for a Maintenance, Operations, and Funding Strategy with dynamic planning model for the 22-mile mainline trail (due October 22, 2026).