NIGP 59595: Wood Chips and Bark: Composted, Shredded, etc.

NIGP 59595 Wood Chips and Bark: Composted, Shredded, Etc., an Item code, encompasses the supply and processing of shredded bark, wood chips, mulch products, and finished compost that state and local governments procure for landscaping, grounds maintenance, stormwater infrastructure, and waste processing operations. Recent solicitations show departments and municipalities buying hardwood mulch and engineered wood fiber for school grounds, composted materials for landfill processing and screening, and specialty mulch products (pine straw, cedar bark, and natural hardwood) for facility landscaping. Issuing bodies span state departments (Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet, California Department of Transportation), county and city public works departments (Wichita, Tucson, DeKalb County, District of Columbia), school districts (Parkway School District, Missouri), and specialized environmental agencies managing stormwater infrastructure and waste facilities.

Recent activity is geographically distributed across the South, Southwest, and Mid-Atlantic regions. The Commonwealth of Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet issued an RFB on April 28, 2026, for 7,725 units of mulch across six product categories (pine straw, pine bark fines, pine bark mulch in multiple particle sizes, western red-cedar bark, and natural hardwood mulch) for a Master Agreement with bids due May 6, 2026, under a best-value methodology weighting price at 80 points, delivery time at 10 points, and vendor experience at 10 points. Parkway School District, Missouri, posted an IFB (Solicitation 2740) on September 3, 2026, for hardwood mulch and engineered wood fiber on a blanket purchase-order basis with an estimated annual spend of approximately $50,000 and proposals due September 17, 2026. The City of Wichita Public Works & Utilities Department solicited mechanical screening of street sweepings and finished compost at Brooks Landfill (Solicitation 260203, IFB, bids due August 14, 2026) requiring screening of approximately 16,000 cubic yards annually at specified mesh sizes with pricing on a cost-per-cubic-yard and cost-per-ton basis. The City of Tucson issued a QVL solicitation (July 15, 2026) for green stormwater infrastructure landscape maintenance covering routine maintenance, herbicide application, and cistern maintenance through April 10, 2030. The District of Columbia posted a leaf disposal services solicitation (DCKT-FY26, due October 19, 2026) with minimal scope detail available.