NIGP 93620: Cemetery Maintenance Services

NIGP 93620 Cemetery Maintenance Services is an Item code encompassing grounds care, landscaping, capital improvements, and specialty restoration work that state and local cemetery operators solicit regularly. The scope spans routine landscape maintenance—mowing, edging, debris removal, fertilizing, and pruning—as well as capital projects such as walking trails, reflecting ponds, and historical stone conservation. Recent solicitations show county and city cemeteries and parks departments driving activity; Macon-Bibb County, the City of Gainesville, and Collier County each posted opportunities in the past three months. Issuing bodies include county governments managing large municipal cemetery systems, cities with dedicated cemetery operations, and special-purpose cemetery districts. Contractors typically must demonstrate relevant supervisory experience (often five years minimum), carry commercial-grade equipment meeting age specifications, and maintain multiple insurance lines including workers' compensation, general liability in the $500,000–$2,000,000 range, and professional liability where applicable.

Recent opportunities concentrate in Georgia and Florida. Macon-Bibb County issued an IFB in September 2026 (due October 29, 2026) for construction of walking trails and a reflecting pond at Rose Hill Cemetery with optional add-alternates for invasive plant removal, native planting, benches, and roadway striping; the bid required mandatory site visit and pre-bid attendance on October 6–7, 2026, and mandated performance and payment bonds at 100 percent of contract price. The City of Gainesville posted an RFQ in August 2026 for year-round grounds maintenance at Evergreen Cemetery (56 acres) with a two-year term through September 2028 and local business preference provisions allowing bids within 5 percent of the lowest responsive bid to be considered; the response deadline of May 7, 2026 has passed. Collier County issued a Quick Quote in July 2026 for historical stone conservation at Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, requiring lump-sum pricing from an experienced stone conservationist; award was based on lowest responsive quote. The code sees periodic spike activity around capital improvement projects and annual service renewals rather than sustained month-to-month volume.