NIGP 94092: Weed/Brush Control Services

NIGP 94092 Weed/Brush Control Services, Item code, covers mechanical and chemical vegetation management services that state and local governments contract for across grounds maintenance, stormwater management, wildfire mitigation, and ecological restoration. Recent solicitations show the code encompasses herbicide application, manual removal, mechanical mulching, and biological control—from routine mowing and edging at municipal parks to specialized aquatic weed treatment, invasive species eradication in mitigation areas, and aerial brush control on large land holdings. Orange County Transportation Authority (California), county environmental departments in Florida, and municipal parks and utilities departments are active repeat buyers in this space, alongside specialized district agencies managing wetlands and fire hazard reduction. Geographic activity concentrates in California (Orange County IFBs for landscaping bundling weed control; Solano County's fire-hazard weed abatement and Ventura County's tree-trimming RFP), Florida (Solano's secondary-canal weed control ITB; Ocala's aquatic and right-of-way weed ITBs; Orange County's secondary-canal weed control ITB; Marion County's mitigation work), Illinois (Kane County Forest Preserve District's cattail and phragmite management; woody invasive control across forest preserves), and Texas (Texas General Land Office's aerial herbicide aerial RFQ on Permanent School Fund properties; Texas A&M's brush clearing ITB). Work also appears in Colorado (Boulder County's goat-browsing noxious-weed pilot), Oregon (Marion County mitigation-site vegetation RFP), Maine (Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife's brush mulching RFQ), North Carolina (City of Charlotte's landscaping and tree-planting RFP), and Florida's Lee County (port authority's four-project exotic-species mitigation).

Representative opportunities include Orange County Transportation Authority's October 2, 2026 IFB C260572 for landscaping services (including pest control and seasonal adjustments across 13 facilities countywide) due November 2, 2026 at $354,050 prevailing-wage contract; Solano County's September 2026 IFB for three annual weed-abatement visits across seven county properties (three-year term, October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2029, with local-vendor preference under county code) due October 5, 2026; Ventura County's October 2, 2026 RFP 6260 for tree-trimming maintenance services across multiple county locations due October 16, 2026 requiring ISA Certified Arborist supervision and three-hour emergency-response capability; City of Ocala's September 2026 ITB PWD/260492 for stormwater aquatic and right-of-way weed control across 24 treatment locations (12 annual treatments per location, three-year term with two one-year renewal options) due March 19, 2026; Kane County Forest Preserve District's June 2026 competitive bids for cattail and phragmite weed management across eight forest preserve locations (approximately 189 acres, July–September 2026 treatment window with 95% kill-rate performance standard) due June 8, 2026; and Texas General Land Office's September 2026 RFQ 8691JW for aerial herbicide application on Permanent School Fund properties (multiple awards, FAA Part 137 and Texas pesticide-applicator licensing required) due October 26, 2026. Prevailing wage, DBE participation goals, and state-level set-asides (such as local-vendor preference in California and Texas HUB subcontracting) appear regularly across the code's activity; licensing requirements—California Contractor's License C-27, Florida Commercial Applicator and Right-of-Way Pesticide Applicator Licenses, Illinois Department of Agriculture Commercial Pesticide Applicator License, ISA Certified Arborist credentials—are standard qualifications.