NIGP 94464: Potato Farming

NIGP 94464 Potato Farming, an Item code, encompasses agricultural leasing and direct farming operations on publicly owned open space and park land, where state and local governments contract qualified operators to manage mixed-use agricultural properties for production, habitat conservation, and sustainability outcomes. Recent solicitations from Boulder County Parks and Open Space and the City of Albuquerque Parks and Recreation Department show that governments are leasing acreage ranging from 10 to 756 acres for hay, forage, commodity crops, organic fruit and vegetable production, and livestock grazing, with evaluation criteria heavily weighted toward sustainability alignment, operational planning, and agricultural experience rather than price alone. Issuing bodies under this code are county parks and open space departments and city parks and recreation divisions; Boulder County Parks and Open Space has posted three separate lease RFPs in the past four months, indicating active portfolio management of its agricultural holdings.

Recent activity concentrates in Colorado and New Mexico, with four RFPs posted between March 17 and April 10, 2026. Boulder County Parks and Open Space is leasing the AHI Agricultural Lease—756 acres off N 75th Street in Longmont, Colorado, with responses due April 21, 2026—at $28,375 annually beginning 2027, plus maintenance fees; the James Construction Agricultural Lease—31 acres at 6001 Jay Road, Boulder, Colorado, responses due May 8, 2026, at $2,700 annually; and the Wilkie Miller Agricultural Lease—54.5 acres at 95th Street and Plateau Road in Longmont, Colorado, responses due April 24, 2026, at $1,100 annually plus up to $8,000 in county-reimbursed weed control costs in year one. The City of Albuquerque Parks and Recreation Department issued a five-year farming RFP for Alamo Field Open Space—10 acres at Alamo Farm Road NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87120, responses due April 16, 2026—requiring minimum three years' farming experience, regenerative agriculture practices, flood irrigation capability, and dedication of at least 25% of acreage to wildlife cropping and habitat production. All RFPs require mandatory pre-proposal meetings and site visits; none specify set-asides or organizational type restrictions.