NIGP 59526: Edging, Lawn

NIGP 59526 Edging, Lawn, an Item code, encompasses landscape maintenance services that state and local governments procure to maintain grounds at municipal facilities, parks, schools, utility sites, and public properties—work that includes mowing, trimming, edging, debris removal, chemical applications, and related turf care across single locations or networked facility portfolios. Recent solicitations show cities, counties, school districts, housing authorities, and special-purpose districts issuing RFPs, RFQs, ITBs, and ITQs for both recurring seasonal maintenance and permanent contracted services, with contract values typically structured as unit pricing (per cut, per visit, per location) and terms ranging from one to five years with optional renewals. Issuing bodies span state departments, Florida counties (Orange, Brevard, Marion), Texas municipalities (Lubbock, Dallas, Midland, Waxahachie), Arkansas cities (Little Rock), Georgia counties (DeKalb, Fulton, Cuyahoga), Maryland housing authorities, Missouri school districts, and smaller jurisdictions in South Carolina, Mississippi, and Virginia, indicating steady activity across all jurisdiction types and geographies.

Representative recent opportunities include the City of Orlando's RFP for grounds maintenance at wastewater and conservation facilities (due July 27, 2026), Dorchester County, South Carolina's IFB for pump-station lawncare at 64 locations (due June 25, 2025; originally posted June 6, 2025, with addendum issued June 17), Manor Independent School District's RFP for bi-weekly mowing and weed control at nine campuses (due June 1, 2026), the City of Lubbock's RFP for landscape maintenance at three police patrol stations with 52 annual trash cycles and 32 mowing cycles (due May 26, 2026), and the City of Dallas's three-year ID/IQ median-maintenance agreement encompassing mowing, litter removal, landscaping, and herbicide application (due June 12, 2026). Activity clusters in the South and Southwest—Texas (Dallas, Lubbock, Midland, Waxahachie, Manor), Florida (Orange, Brevard, Marion, Ocala, Gainesville), Arkansas (Little Rock), Georgia (Atlanta metro), and scattered mid-Atlantic and Midwest jurisdictions. Evaluation typically emphasizes cost (40–50 points), experience and references (15–35 points), service approach and staffing (15–30 points), and increasingly, HUB/SBE compliance, local preference, and equipment capability. Standard requirements include liability and workers' compensation insurance ($1–2 million per occurrence), pesticide applicator or commercial lawn care licenses where mandated by state, equipment lists, and multi-year price-firm commitments with CPI-capped renewals. Set-asides for SBE, MBE, WBE, and HUB participation appear in school districts and some city and county procurements but are not universal.