NIGP 94479: Sugarcane Farming

NIGP 94479 Sugarcane Farming is an Item code that encompasses leasing and operating agricultural land under state and local government ownership or stewardship, with recent solicitations focusing on hay production, forage crops, commodity crops, and livestock grazing rather than sugarcane specifically. State and local governments are using this code to solicit proposals from qualified agricultural operators to lease county and municipal open-space properties, manage soil health and sustainability outcomes, and in some cases integrate wildlife habitat and regenerative agriculture practices alongside commodity production. Issuing bodies include county parks and open-space departments and municipal parks and recreation departments. Boulder County Parks & Open Space Department has posted multiple agricultural lease RFPs under this code within the same procurement cycle, indicating sustained activity in leasing county-held agricultural land.

Boulder County Parks & Open Space posted two major RFPs in March and April 2026 for the AHI Agricultural Lease (approximately 756 acres, due April 21, 2026, with a five-year term and annual fixed rent of $28,375 starting in 2027) and the Wilkie Miller Agricultural Lease (approximately 54.5 acres, due April 24, 2026, with a three-year term and annual rent of $1,100). The City of Albuquerque Parks and Recreation Department issued RFP-2025-755-PRK-MP in March 2026 to solicit farming services for Alamo Field Open Space, a 10-acre parcel with a five-year term and the option for one additional five-year extension, with a mandatory pre-proposal conference on March 25, 2026, and a proposal deadline of April 15, 2026. Recent activity is concentrated in Colorado and New Mexico, with both jurisdictions requiring operators to demonstrate agricultural experience, maintain commercial general liability insurance at $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 per occurrence, and align with sustainability or regenerative agriculture goals; no set-aside designations or restrictions to disadvantaged enterprises are specified in these solicitations.