NIGP 02079: Rock Pickers and Rakes

NIGP 02079 Rock Pickers And Rakes, an Item code, encompasses hand tools for landscape maintenance and site clearing that state and local governments procure for parks, grounds maintenance, erosion control, and general outdoor work. The source material contains no recent solicitations specifically requesting rock pickers, rakes, or related hand tools from state or local buyers. One representative opportunity in the block—Dallas County, Texas's 1241 Mohawk Erosion Control project (IFB 5026, due June 16, 2026, estimated value $588,900.00)—involves placement of 40 cubic yards of rock riprap as part of a larger retaining wall and erosion mitigation construction contract, but that procurement targets general contractors rather than hand-tool suppliers. The remaining opportunities (a Williamson County Purchasing Department relocation notice, a Sourcewell cooperative law enforcement equipment RFP, and a Butts County School System food bid) fall entirely outside the scope of this code and offer no signal of current demand for rock pickers or rakes.

Without active solicitations naming rock pickers, rakes, or related hand tools in the most-recent-opportunities block, no geographic concentration, repeat issuing bodies, or market signals can be discerned from the source. The code appears dormant in the recent state and local procurement activity captured here. Firms pursuing this commodity should monitor landscape maintenance, parks operations, and grounds-care solicitations from county and municipal grounds departments, but current market activity does not support prioritization of this code.