NIGP 59535: Groundcovers and Vines

NIGP 59535 Groundcovers and Vines, an Item code, encompasses the furnishing and installation of trees, palms, and related plantings for roadway, landscape, and park infrastructure projects managed by state and local governments. State and local agencies soliciting under this code include county road and park departments, with work spanning tree and palm replacement, removal, relocation, installation, watering, irrigation system connections, staking, pruning, and site cleanup. Contractors typically must hold specialized licenses (such as Collier County's Irrigation Sprinkler Contractor License), demonstrate multi-year experience in similar planting projects, and maintain traffic-control certifications when work occurs in active roadways. Issuing bodies tend to be county-level transportation and parks divisions managing damage recovery from hurricanes and natural wear, along with planned landscape upgrades supporting public facilities.

Recent activity centers on Florida and Georgia. Collier County's Road, Bridge & Stormwater Division posted an informal competition (QQ2026084) in February 2026 for tree and palm replacement across two phases of Goodlette Frank Road, with responses due by the originally posted date of January 16, 2026, requiring furnishing and installation of approximately 45 line items of various species, a one-year warranty, and performance bonds at 100 percent of contract value; the procurement carried a maximum bid cap of $250,000. DeKalb County, Georgia posted ITB 2026-076-ITB in June 2026 for reconstruction of the DeKalb Tennis Center in Mason Mill Park, Decatur, though the posted summary emphasizes information technology and low-voltage infrastructure rather than groundcover and vine work, suggesting possible scope alignment issues or secondary landscape components within the broader reconstruction project, with bids due July 13, 2026.