NIGP 79095: Recycled Seed, Soil, Sod and Inoculants

NIGP 79095 Recycled Seed, Soil, Sod And Inoculants, an Item code, covers the supply and installation of turf seed, sod, erosion-control seed mixes, and related soil amendments that state and local governments procure for landscape maintenance, athletic field renovation, and stormwater management. Recent solicitations reveal active buying across sod installation for school athletic and grounds facilities, county roadway medians and parks, landfill slope stabilization via hydroseeding, and regional native-seed sourcing for habitat restoration. School districts, county public works and stormwater divisions, flood control districts, and forest preserve districts are the primary issuing bodies. Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) issued an ITB for grass and sod services across 235 schools with estimated annual quantities ranging from 2,500 to 225,000 square feet, specifying sod varieties including Argentine Bahia, St. Augustine Floratam, Bermuda 419, Celebration, and Tiffway, with one-year warranty requirements and Net 45 payment terms. Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Florida) posted an ITB for sod supply, delivery, and installation for roadways, medians, parks, and athletic fields with historical annual spending near $1.275 million, offering a local-vendor preference under county ordinance and specifying sand-grown varieties with three-year terms and two one-year renewal options.

Activity concentrates in Florida and California. Sacramento County Department of Waste Management and Recycling (California) solicited hydroseeding services for landfill and transfer-station slopes with annual scope of approximately 6 acres of Erosion Control Mix, 40 acres of Native Mix, and smaller areas of Compost, requiring California prevailing-wage compliance and offering 5% local-business and 2% micro-business preferences. Orange County, Florida (Florida) issued an RFP for sodding, seeding, and mulching across retention pond slopes and drainage ditches, requiring a Limited Certification for Urban Landscape Commercial Fertilizer Application from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Harris County Flood Control District (Texas) posted an ITB for wildflower seed and related items with bids due August 31, 2026, and the Forest Preserve District of Kane County (Illinois) requested individually bagged seed ecotypes sourced within 200 miles of Kane County with bids due August 11, 2026. SBE participation preferences appear in tie-bid situations at Hillsborough County; local-vendor and micro-business preferences are active in California and Florida jurisdictions.