NIGP 54090: Stakes: Engineers', Agricultural, etc.

NIGP 54090 Stakes: Engineers', Agricultural, Etc., an Item code, encompasses surveying and engineering equipment, agricultural hand tools, and related goods that state and local agencies purchase for infrastructure, parks, utilities, and field operations. Recent solicitations show state and local governments buying surveying stakes and wedges for public works departments, tree stakes for urban forestry projects, and ground maintenance equipment including mowers, compact utility tractors, and agricultural attachments to support parks, facilities maintenance, and public works operations. Issuing bodies include city procurement offices (Jackson, Michigan; Wichita, Kansas; South Fulton, Georgia), county utilities departments (Orange County, Florida), and cooperative purchasing vehicles such as Sourcewell (State of Minnesota local government unit serving multiple Washington counties and jurisdictions nationwide). The code also captures law enforcement equipment procurement through cooperative frameworks, reflecting the breadth of equipment categories purchased at the state and local level.

Geographic activity spans Michigan, Kansas, Georgia, Florida, and Washington, with cooperative purchasing mechanisms extending procurement reach across the United States and Canada. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Jackson, Michigan's RFP for furnishing, delivering, planting, and maintaining approximately 200 street trees across 15 species for Fall 2026 under contract ENG 25-04C, with bids due July 14, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., subject to Davis-Bacon Act compliance and prevailing wage requirements with tree establishment maintenance through September 1, 2027; the City of Wichita's IFB for stakes, paddles, and wedges due June 5, 2026; the City of South Fulton, Georgia's RFP 26_24 for ground maintenance equipment, utility vehicles, and agricultural equipment on an indefinite quantity, non-exclusive basis with a pre-proposal conference May 1, 2026, and proposals due May 22, 2026; and Orange County, Florida's RFP Y26-900 for continuing engineering services for the Utilities Department, selecting up to five consultants with compensation on a project-by-project basis, minimum contract performance fee $25,000, and proposals due February 17, 2026.