NIGP 95214: Cemetery Services (Including Operation, Management, and Maintenance)

NIGP 95214 Cemetery Services (Including Operation, Management, And Maintenance) is an Item code under which state and local governments procure grounds maintenance, restoration, beautification design, and burial and cremation services at municipal, county, and veterans cemeteries. Recent solicitations show the code covers year-round landscape maintenance (mowing, edging, debris removal, fertilizing), stone conservation and historical marker restoration, architecture and engineering design for cemetery beautification projects, and indigent cremation and burial services including transportation, embalming, and grave markers. Issuing bodies include city procurement offices (Gainesville, Savannah), county purchasing departments (Rockland County, Collier County, Hays County), and specialized county health departments. The work typically requires bidders to hold multi-year experience in cemetery or grounds operations, maintain commercial-grade equipment, carry liability and workers' compensation insurance, and comply with state funeral commission standards where burial or cremation services are involved.

Recent opportunities span Florida, New York, Georgia, and Texas. The City of Gainesville posted an RFQ for grounds maintenance at Evergreen Cemetery (56 acres, year-round landscape services, May 7, 2026 bid deadline, two-year initial term with three optional one-year extensions). Rockland County, New York, released an RFP for architecture and engineering design services for beautification improvements at two veterans cemeteries, with proposals due August 18, 2026. Collier County, Florida, solicited quotes for stone conservation and historical marker restoration at Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery in Immokalee (lump-sum pricing, June 26, 2026 response deadline). The City of Savannah issued an IFB for the Evergreen Cemetery Expansion Project with bids due July 21, 2026 and a June 30, 2026 pre-bid meeting. Hays County, Texas, released an RFP for comprehensive indigent cremation and burial services (proposals due May 21, 2026, one-year initial term with four optional one-year renewals, scoring weighted 45 percent capacity, 30 percent cost, 25 percent experience). Local preference provisions, DBE compliance requirements, and set-asides for disadvantaged businesses appear in multiple jurisdictions.