NIGP 92682: Safety Services, Environmental

NIGP 92682 Safety Services, Environmental, is an Item code under which state and local governments purchase environmental assessment, monitoring, remediation, and hazard mitigation services tied to land and facility safety. Recent state and local solicitations show governments buying forest fuels reduction and defensible-space vegetation management, environmental site investigation and remediation, biohazard cleanup, wildlife and species monitoring, invasive plant control, hazardous materials testing, and ecological restoration and habitat management—typically through counties, special districts, and state environmental or natural-resource agencies.

County governments and state departments dominate recent activity. Tuolumne County, California has issued multiple RFPs for fuels reduction, herbicide application, and mechanical site preparation across forest and burn-scar acreage in partnership with the USDA Forest Service; County of Orange and Orange County Parks have solicited weed abatement and native habitat maintenance; the California Military Department has procured invasive plant control and species monitoring at state installations; and county and municipal environmental departments have sought remedial investigation, hazardous materials testing, and biohazard cleanup services. Representative recent opportunities include Tuolumne County's RFP for mechanical site preparation on approximately 796 acres within the Cherry West Project (RFP-2025-0154, due November 13, 2026, IFB notice type), which requires mastication, chipping, piling, and hand thinning with best-value evaluation weighting experience and qualifications (30%), service delivery and methodology (30%), and reasonable cost (40%); the County of Orange's IFB for weed abatement and fuel modification at OC Parks facilities across approximately 234 acres annually (IFB #012-3132403-EB, due October 22, 2026), which applies a 5% local-small-business preference capped at $100,000; and Walworth County, Wisconsin's RFQ for on-call emergency mitigation services (RFQu 26-032, due September 3, 2026), encompassing water damage restoration, fire and smoke mitigation, mold remediation, and chemical contamination cleanup. Geographic spread centers on California—particularly Northern California fuel-management and wildland-urban-interface work—and extends to Texas, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Florida, Utah, Georgia, and New Jersey, reflecting distributed state-level environmental and public-safety priorities. Recent activity shows steady procurement volume across forest management, environmental remediation, and emergency mitigation categories, with evaluation criteria typically emphasizing demonstrated experience in specialized hazard types, equipment and personnel qualifications, and cost reasonableness rather than price alone.