NIGP 59575: Trees, Ornamental and Shade

NIGP 59575 Trees, Ornamental and Shade (Item) covers furnishing, planting, and maintaining street trees, shade trees, ornamental specimens, and specialty palms for municipal rights-of-way, parks, public facilities, and community beautification projects. State and local governments buy under this code primarily for seasonal street tree planting (spring and fall cycles), replacement of storm-damaged or aged specimens, establishment-period maintenance including watering and staking, one-year warranties, and specialized work such as native seedling collection, landscape restoration, and palm installation in coastal and subtropical markets. Issuing bodies include city public works and parks departments, county boards and purchasing offices, school districts, transit/airport authorities, and state natural-resources agencies. Cities and counties dominate recent solicitations, with standout repeat buyers including the City of Jackson (Michigan), Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Collier County (Florida), and the City of Savannah (Georgia). Several jurisdictions—Savannah and Charlotte among them—have issued multiple opportunities under this code in the past four months, signaling sustained budget allocation for tree planting and maintenance programs.

Geographic activity concentrates in Florida, Michigan, Texas, and Georgia, with secondary activity in Wisconsin, Maryland, Arizona, and North Carolina. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Jackson, Michigan ITB ENG 25-04C (rebid as of September 30, 2026) for furnishing, planting, and maintaining approximately 200 street trees across 15+ species for spring 2027 with Davis-Bacon Act compliance and one-year establishment maintenance at no additional cost; Hillsborough County Public Schools ITB 26246ITBMST (due August 5, 2026) for landscape and irrigation installation and maintenance across school facilities with preference encouragement for SBE and MBE vendors; the Michigan Department of Natural Resources RFP 26-2354 (due August 17, 2026) for custom-grown containerized seedlings and seed upgrading services with a five-year initial term valued at $6.25 million and mandatory GDBE subcontracting requirements when subcontractors perform more than 20% of deliverables; Collier County Quick Quote QQ2026148 (due September 28, 2026) for furnishing and installing trees and palms in Pelican Bay rights-of-way on a unit-price basis with 90-day warranty; and the City of Charlotte RFP 2692026243 (due July 23, 2026) for landscape and tree planting services including neighborhood tree planting in rights-of-way, canopy-care programs, stump grinding, and stormwater landscape installations with one or more contractors to be selected. Prevailing wage requirements apply to USDA- and climate-grant-funded projects; local vendor set-asides appear in Savannah solicitations, and MBE goals apply to certain Baltimore and school-district procurements.