NIGP 91061: Plant Maintenance, Indoor

NIGP 91061 Plant Maintenance, Indoor is an Item code under which state and local governments procure indoor plant leasing, installation, and ongoing maintenance services across municipal facilities, convention centers, government office buildings, and institutional campuses. Recent solicitations show cities and special districts buying recurring maintenance of live plants—monthly care cycles including watering, fertilization, pest management, and seasonal replacements—often with continuity-of-service requirements mandating the same crew throughout contract periods to ensure familiarity with site conditions and plant inventories. The City of San Antonio procured indoor plant services across the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, the Alamodome, and the Central San Antonio Public Library under RFx 6100019545 (bids due July 20, 2026), and the City of Orlando issued RFQ24-0312 for plant maintenance at City Hall and Amway Center covering approximately 80 plants with one-year initial terms renewable for four additional years. Issuing bodies include municipal procurement offices (Orlando, San Antonio), special-purpose districts (Seattle Convention Center Public Facilities District), and city departments. Contracts typically span one to five years and require vendors to furnish all labor, materials, equipment, and supervision at monthly lump-sum rates or per-visit pricing, with insurance minimums around $1 million general liability and demonstrated experience in similar scope work.

Geographic activity appears concentrated in the Southeast and Southwest, with solicitations posted from Florida, Georgia, Arizona, California, and Washington. The most recent opportunity is the City of San Antonio's indoor plant maintenance RFx (bids due July 20, 2026), an RFP structure with pre-bid conference scheduled for July 9, 2026, vendor registration required through SAePS portal, and NIGP code 91061 explicitly stated. The Seattle Convention Center issued RFP 55009262 for general landscape maintenance (proposals due October 13, 2026, with mandatory pre-proposal walk-through September 28, 2026) combining grounds upkeep with tree care and irrigation across campus facilities, offering voluntary 10 percent MBE and 6 percent WBE goals under a three-year contract (January 2027–December 2029) with two one-year renewal options. These contracts are typically evaluated on technical capability, management approach, cost, and references; procurement is straightforward with moderate competition and no unusual set-asides beyond standard small-business and minority-participation encouragement where applicable.