NIGP 79020: Grass Seeds

NIGP 79020 Grass Seeds, an Item code, covers the purchase and delivery of turf and forage grass seed varieties by state and local government for athletic fields, parks, rights-of-way, roadsides, and grounds maintenance. State and local buyers procure certified seed in bulk—typically 50-pound bags or larger quantities, often with independent laboratory analysis documentation—under competitive sealed-bid processes. Recent opportunities span athletic field renovations requiring specialized turf varieties such as Tifway 419, statewide highway maintenance and wildflower seed programs calling for native species or pollinator mixes, school district grounds contracts with multiple sod and seed product lines, and municipal parks and facilities maintenance. Issuing bodies include state departments of transportation, counties, cities, school districts, and special-purpose authorities. Florida's Department of Transportation has posted multiple rebids for grass seed on a statewide basis; Hillsborough County Public Schools, Sacramento County, Clayton County Georgia, and Yuma County Arizona have solicited grass and turf seed services; and smaller municipalities from Lawrence Massachusetts to Altamonte Springs Florida and Cedar Park Texas have issued IFBs or ITBs for grounds and fields supplies including seed.

Grass seed procurement concentrates in Florida, where FDOT has issued at least two rebids since mid-August 2026 for five grass varieties—Pensacola Bahia, Argentina Bahia, Brown Top Millet, Bermuda unhulled, and Annual Rye—with approximately $120,000 in estimated annual volume and 30-day delivery requirements to multiple district warehouses. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's statewide wildflower and native grass seed program (RFB60527000001371, due October 19, 2026) spans twelve highway maintenance districts and 273 acres with specialized seed mixes and native species requirements. Hillsborough County Public Schools' ITB 26293-ITB-MST (due August 20, 2026) covers sod purchase and installation across 235 schools with multiple Bahia, St. Augustine, Bermuda, and Tiffway varieties and estimated annual volumes reaching 225,000 square feet for rolls. Sacramento County's RFB for grounds maintenance chemicals and seeds (due June 1, 2023) estimated $435,000 annually across county departments including parks and golf courses. Geographic activity spans Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, California, Arizona, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, Oregon, and Wisconsin, with the heaviest recent posting concentration in Florida and the Southeast. Representative opportunities include City of DeBary Florida's Bill Keller Park infield renovation (sealed bid, April 24, 2018 response deadline, approximately $121,000 lump-sum contract for Tifway 419 sod installation and site preparation); FDOT ITB 16684 (bids due August 27, 2026, five grass varieties, $120,000 estimated annual spend, 5% in-state preference); and Hillsborough County Schools ITB 26293-ITB-MST (bids due August 20, 2026, multiple sod and seed lines with SBE tie-bid preference).