NIGP 02091: Tree Girdlers and Timber Tongs

NIGP Item 02091 Tree Girdlers and Timber Tongs covers hand and power tools used to remove, girdle, or manipulate trees and woody vegetation — though recent state and local solicitations show the code surfaces most prominently in procurement for tree removal services, equipment attachments like skid steer tree shears and grapple dump trailers for debris management, and furnish-and-install landscape services. State and local governments soliciting under this code span county boards of commissioners, city and county public works or parks and stormwater divisions, state parks departments, school nutrition programs, and cooperative purchasing vehicles spanning multiple jurisdictions. Sacramento County and Habersham County in Georgia appear as repeat buyers, with Sacramento pursuing sealed bids for removal work and Habersham issuing consecutive RFQs for grapple dump trailer equipment in September and October 2026.

Recent activity concentrates in California, Georgia, and Texas. Representative opportunities include Sacramento County's South Sidewalk Gap Closure Tree Removal Project (sealed IFB, 41021, response due October 22, 2026; $110,000 estimated construction cost with prevailing wage compliance and traffic control requirements on Cottonwood Lane and Stevenson Avenue); Habersham County's dual grapple dump trailer RFQs for storm debris management (PE66800NONST2027000000035 and PE66800NONST2027000000036, response dates September 16 and October 14, 2026 respectively); Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's equipment attachments IFB for a skid steer tree shear, articulating brush cutter, and sweeper/broom across state parks (802-26-78071, response due August 21, 2026); a Georgia entity's tree removal RFP for raw water storage pond site prep (RFP26-005, due August 6, 2026); and Collier County's furnish-and-install landscape contract including tree and palm removal by size category (ITB 25-8517, due June 26, 2026, with local-vendor preference and three-year term plus two optional renewals). Insurance, bonding, E-Verify compliance, and traffic control or site safety appear consistently across recent solicitations.