NIGP 52064: Saddle Trees

NIGP 52064 Saddle Trees, an Item code, does not align with the state and local procurement activity reflected in the source. The single recent opportunity posted under this code is Sarasota County, Florida's IFB #262842AMS for canal and drainage maintenance services—vegetation cutting and removal, herbicide treatment, litter collection, and debris disposal across approximately 1,073,045 linear feet of county drainage assets. This mismatch suggests either a data classification issue or that the NIGP taxonomy assignment does not reflect the actual service category under which the county posted the work. The solicitation reflects typical drainage-infrastructure maintenance activity purchased by county public-works and facilities departments, structured as a fee-schedule-based service contract with unit pricing per linear foot, lump-sum amounts, and per-ton disposal charges. Qualified bidders must demonstrate prior commercial, industrial, or governmental experience within the past seven years in hand clearing of ditches using handheld cutting equipment and mobile mowing equipment, with one verifiable reference required for each service type. The contract includes comprehensive insurance requirements: Workers' Compensation (minimum $500,000 Employers Liability), Commercial General Liability ($1,000,000 per occurrence / $2,000,000 aggregate), Business Automobile Liability ($1,000,000 combined single limit), and Pollution Liability ($1,000,000 per claim for pesticide and herbicide applications).

Sarasota County issued IFB #262842AMS on April 24, 2026, with a response deadline of May 18, 2026, for an anticipated initial term of three years. The source does not identify an estimated award value or total contract budget. No local or American business preferences or set-aside designations apply due to grant funding requirements. Activity under this code is not sufficiently represented in the source to characterize issuing-body mix or broader geographic spread; the single opportunity reflects county-level drainage infrastructure procurement in Florida.