NIGP 02040: Grinding Mills: Seed, Grain, Dried Vegetable

NIGP 02040 Grinding Mills: Seed, Grain, Dried Vegetable is an Item code under which state and local governments procure seed stock for landscaping, grounds maintenance, and agricultural use. Recent solicitations show the code encompasses individual seed varieties—Jose Wheat Grass Seed, Beardless Wheat Seed VNS, and Sorghum Sudan Grass Seed—sourced by cities for grounds and park maintenance or seed stock inventory. Issuing bodies include municipalities (the City of Lubbock, Texas, has posted three RFQs for seed varieties since March 2026) and county purchasing departments. The scope is narrowly focused: sealed quotations for specific cleaned seed lots meeting germination and purity standards, with delivery requirements and F.O.B. destination pricing.

Activity under this code concentrates in Texas, specifically the Lubbock area, where the City of Lubbock issued RFQs for Sorghum Sudan Grass Seed (45,000 pounds, due April 1, 2026), Jose Wheat Grass Seed (due July 16, 2026), and Beardless Wheat Seed VNS (due July 16, 2026). All three solicitations used the RFQ notice type with short response windows of two to fourteen days and required F.O.B. destination pricing with freight prepaid. Bidders must provide seed test data confirming germination rates and noxious-weed absence, submit non-collusion affidavits and conflict-of-interest questionnaires, and comply with Texas Government Code debarment and boycott certifications. No set-asides, MBE or WBE preferences, or estimated contract values appear in the available solicitations. The code shows limited recent activity; pursuit depends on geographic presence in Texas municipal procurement and existing relationships with Lubbock-area purchasing contacts.