NIGP 59565: Shrubbery, Evergreen

NIGP 59565 Shrubbery, Evergreen is an Item code under which state and local governments procure evergreen plant material, installation, and related landscape services for public facilities and grounds. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers purchasing evergreen shrubs and trees as part of broader landscape construction, grounds maintenance, and irrigation projects—including median landscaping, grounds upkeep at school and municipal properties, and climate-focused tree-planting initiatives. The issuing bodies include county school districts, city governments, county boards of commissioners, and state environmental agencies; Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida and the City of Arlington, Texas appear as active buyers in the recent record.

Recent opportunities span Florida, Texas, Georgia, and Maryland. Hillsborough County Public Schools issued ITB 26246ITBMST for landscape and irrigation installation, maintenance, and repair across school facilities (due August 5, 2026), requiring bidders to identify all subcontractors and material suppliers and to comply with debarment certification, foreign-entity control affidavits, and labor-coercion attestations, with net 45 payment terms and preferential consideration for small business enterprises and certified minority-owned businesses. The City of Arlington, Texas posted an annual contract for monthly grounds mowing and maintenance of city-owned properties under solicitation 270016 (due October 1, 2026), covering mowing, trimming, edging, and litter removal across eight monthly cycles March through October plus two additional litter-removal cycles December through February. The Pasco County Board of County Commissioners issued IFB IFBKM27004 for median landscape and irrigation construction Phase II along approximately 9 miles of Little Road between Ridge Road and US 19 in Florida (due October 6, 2026). The Maryland Environmental Service requested proposals (RFP 1265278) for procurement, planting, and maintenance of up to 800 trees within the Baltimore metro area under a Climate Pollution Reduction Grant with a 10% MBE participation goal (due July 16, 2026).