NIGP 94426: Bean and Pea Farming

NIGP 94426 Bean And Pea Farming, Item, encompasses agricultural land leasing and operational farming services on open space and county-managed properties. State and local governments are soliciting qualified agricultural operators to lease and manage county-owned and municipally-owned parcels for diverse crop production—including hay, forage, commodity crops, organic fruit and vegetable production, and wildlife habitat management—with operators responsible for sustainable agricultural practices, equipment operation, irrigation management, and in some cases water rights administration. The issuing bodies soliciting under this code are county parks and open space departments and municipal parks and recreation departments, with Boulder County Parks & Open Space the dominant repeat buyer, issuing multiple agricultural lease RFPs within a single season for properties ranging from 31 acres to 756 acres.

Recent opportunities cluster in Colorado and New Mexico. Boulder County issued three RFPs in March and April 2026—the AHI Agricultural Lease (RFP27026, 756 acres, due April 21, 2026), the Wilkie Miller Agricultural Lease (RFP27126, 54.5 acres, due April 24, 2026), and the James Construction Agricultural Lease (RFP27426, 31 acres, due May 8, 2026)—all evaluated on sustainability alignment, operational suitability, agricultural experience, equipment capability, and financial viability. The City of Albuquerque Parks and Recreation Department issued a farming services RFP (RFP-2025-755-PRK-MP, 10 acres at Alamo Field, due April 16, 2026) requiring minimum three years of farming experience, regenerative agriculture practices, and allocation of 25 percent of acreage to wildlife habitat. County of Ventura, Department of Airports, issued an outlier solicitation (RFP AIR 2026-03, due April 30, 2026) for commercial non-aviation development on 11 acres adjacent to Oxnard Airport, nominally under bean and pea farming NIGP coding but substantively a real estate development lease opportunity subject to FAA runway protection zone restrictions rather than agricultural production.