NIGP 91244: Excavation Services

NIGP 91244 Excavation Services is an Item code capturing earth-moving, site preparation, and subsurface remediation work solicited by state departments, county governments, cities, and special-purpose districts across multiple sectors—water and sewer infrastructure, stormwater management, environmental remediation, landfill operations, and utility installation. State and local governments are actively buying under this code for culvert removal and replacement, mine subsidence stabilization, directional boring and trenching for utility conduit, excavation and site restoration for building demolition projects, and mass grading for site development. Recent activity shows issuing bodies across Georgia, Michigan, Texas, South Carolina, Illinois, Florida, North Carolina, and Maryland; the DeKalb Regional Land Bank Authority in Georgia posted multiple concurrent RFQs for demolition and site restoration (six property addresses in July 2026), while Harris County Flood Control District in Texas, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources each posted watershed, culvert, and mine remediation work in the same window. Representative recent opportunities include the Michigan Department of Natural Resources' Munuscong Culvert Project Site 1 and Site 2 (RFP 26-2256 and 26-2257, both with July 2, 2026 due dates, removing and replacing existing culverts with 64-inch corrugated steel arch culverts) and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' AML 2516 CW & V E Mine Shaft Subsidence in Braidwood (bids due July 21, 2026, requiring excavation to 15 feet depth, concrete shaft sealing, and asphalt restoration).

Notice types in flight include RFP, RFQ, IFB, and ITB across this code space. The DeKalb Regional Land Bank Authority's RFQ for demolition and site restoration at 1134 Pluma Drive, Atlanta (due July 27, 2026) and three additional parcels (due July 28, 2026) show mandatory pre-site visits and firm fixed-price lump-sum bidding. Dorchester County, South Carolina's IFB for water main connections (due July 7, 2026) and force main exposure work (due June 26, 2026) reflects water utility demand. The City of Brownsville, Texas, is soliciting term contracts for excavation, loading, and hauling services and separate landfill cell construction (both due August 4, 2026). Pinellas County School District's directional boring and hand trenching RFQ (due June 12, 2026, for an estimated contract value of approximately $250,000) names unit pricing by pipe diameter and run length as a pricing convention. Collier County, Florida's Big Corkscrew Island Regional Park Phase 2B (anticipated budget $31,000,000, bids due May 11, 2026 through OpenGov electronic bidding) encompasses large-scale excavation alongside utility and stormwater infrastructure installation. Work is geographically dispersed across the Midwest (Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin), South (Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, Florida), and West (North Carolina), with Texas appearing as a repeat buyer (Harris County Flood Control District, City of Brownsville, City of San Antonio, City of Fort Worth, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department). Set-asides and preferences are mixed—some solicitations carry prevailing wage and HUB subcontracting mandates; others note no formal set-asides; a few reference local vendor preference. Liquidated damages are standard contractual risk allocation for schedule overruns, ranging from $475 per day for smaller Illinois mine remediation contracts to $9,149 per day for Collier County's $31 million park development.