NIGP 040: Animals, Birds, Marine Life, Insects and Poultry, Live, Including Accessory Items

NIGP 040 Animals, Birds, Marine Life, Insects and Poultry, Live, Including Accessory Items is a Class code under which state and local governments procure live plants, seeds, habitat restoration materials, and ancillary services for wildlife management, ecosystem restoration, and public recreation rather than live animals in the traditional sense. Recent opportunities reveal that jurisdictions are buying shrub and tree seedlings for habitat restoration, native seeds for wildfire recovery and conservation work, artificial fish habitat structures, and related planting and seeding labor. The State of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources dominates recent activity, issuing multiple IFBs and RFQs for shrub planting (35,500 to 38,000 seedlings across multiple sites), native seed sourcing (182 to 311 line items per solicitation), and ecosystem enhancement structures (artificial fish habitat kits and spawning discs). The County of Orange and municipalities including the City of Sioux Falls, Missouri Department of Conservation, and Prince George's County round out the issuing-body mix, seeking everything from annuals and perennials for landscaping to fish habitat structures and veterinary services for animal shelters. Most work is concentrated in the Mountain West and Upper Midwest, with Utah commanding the largest recent solicitation volume.

Issuing bodies soliciting under NIGP 040 include state natural resource and wildlife agencies (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Missouri Department of Conservation), county governments (Orange County California, Prince George's County Maryland, Cook County Illinois), cities (Sioux Falls South Dakota, Palm Bay Florida), and special districts. Representative recent opportunities include the State of Utah Division of Purchasing issuing IFB JH27-119 for planting 35,500 shrub seedlings across three Central Utah wildlife management areas, due October 12, 2026; the State of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources issuing IFB AS27-104 for native grass, forb, and shrub seeds (182 line items, lowest PLS price per pound award), due September 23, 2026; and the County of Orange issuing RFB 0123092302 for special event rental equipment on an on-call basis with 5–8% local-small-business and disabled-veteran-enterprise preferences, due October 23, 2026. Geographic concentration spans Utah (multiple Division of Wildlife Resources procurements), California (Orange County), Florida (Hillsborough County, Palm Bay), Maryland, Illinois, Texas, South Dakota, and Delaware. Activity is current and ongoing, with response dates clustered in September and October 2026.