NIGP 91141: C.i.p., Landscaping

NIGP 91141 CIP, Landscaping, an Item code, encompasses routine grounds maintenance—mowing, edging, vegetation management, tree care, mulch application, and irrigation oversight—that state and local governments procure for parks, roadways, facilities, schools, and utility infrastructure across hundreds of jurisdictions. State and local buyers under this code span county governments, municipalities, independent school districts, transit authorities, water and sewer systems, and regional special-purpose districts; repeat buyers include cities in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin, along with school districts and county departments of parks and public works. Recent solicitations show concrete scope: Walton County, Florida's ITB for multi-use path and rights-of-way maintenance (posted July 15, 2026, due August 6, 2026) sought mowing on a 7-day cycle March through October and 30-day cycle November through February with grass maintained at 3 inches; the City of Sandy Springs, Georgia's RFQC for city-wide landscaping services (posted July 10, due July 27, 2026) required ISA-certified arborists, Georgia Category 24 ornamental and turf licenses, seven-person minimum crews, and Class A facility experience; Temple Independent School District in Texas's RFP (posted March 16, due May 4, 2026) sought landscaping across twelve school campuses with mowing, edging, shrub pruning, weed control, mulch maintenance, and monthly irrigation inspections.

Activity clusters in Florida (Walton, Collier, Hillsborough, Pasco, Marion counties and multiple cities), Georgia (Sandy Springs, Decatur, DeKalb County, Rome, College Park), Texas (Temple ISD, City of Temple, TSTC, Brazos River Authority), and Wisconsin (Fitchburg, Sun Prairie), with secondary presence in South Carolina, Illinois, California, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. Work types break into discrete contract lanes: routine cyclical mowing (weekly to monthly cuts at fixed heights on multiple sites); specialized habitat and stormwater management (riparian restoration, wetland vegetation control, bioretention maintenance); irrigation systems (design, installation, coordination, repair); and tree services (trimming, removal, replanting, emergency response). Pricing structures vary from lump-sum monthly fees to unit pricing per cut, per application, or per tree diameter class. Contracts typically run one to three years with renewal options; mandatory insurance includes general liability ($500,000–$2,000,000 per occurrence), workers' compensation, and often automobile liability ($500,000–$1,000,000). Pre-bid meetings and site walks are common; Florida jurisdictions and transit authorities frequently require state pesticide and traffic control certifications. No broad set-aside concentration is evident; local vendor preferences apply in scattered municipal procurements under stipulated thresholds, and some jurisdictions encourage DBE/WBE/MBE participation without formal carve-outs. The code remains active and distributed across the market—no dominant regional contractor emerges from recent postings—and current opportunities span May 2026 through present, indicating steady procurement velocity suitable for established landscape maintenance firms with multi-site crew capacity and state-level licensing.