NIGP 95885: Soil and Land Management Services (Including Testing, Protection, Preparation, Planning, etc.)

NIGP 95885 Soil And Land Management Services (Including Testing, Protection, Preparation, Planning, Etc.), an Item code, covers the full range of soil assessment, remediation, field preparation, and land stewardship services that state and local governments procure for environmental compliance, infrastructure projects, agricultural operations, and natural resource management. Recent state and local solicitations reveal active demand for soil fumigation at state nurseries, geotechnical investigation and laboratory testing for industrial facility siting, soil sourcing and testing for landfill operations, wetland and bog restoration involving excavation and grading, and on-call soil management and disposal services for municipalities. The Missouri Department of Conservation has issued two separate bids for soil fumigation services using methyl bromide and chloropicrin at the George O. White State Nursery in Licking, with responses due July 10, 2026 under IFBs that require Missouri pesticide applicator licensure and 2–3 percent participation by sheltered workshops and service-disabled veteran enterprises. Maryland Environmental Service is sourcing up to 450,000 cubic yards of cover soil with testing and delivery to Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill in Upper Marlboro, with sealed bids due July 15, 2026. Dalton Utilities (Georgia) is requesting geotechnical investigation proposals including 24 borings, cone penetrometer testing, thermal resistivity surveys, and laboratory analysis to support foundation design for a new gas-fired generation facility, with proposals due June 30, 2026. The Massachusetts Department of Fish and Wildlife is executing a comprehensive wetland and bog restoration at Century Bog in Wareham and Plymouth that includes stream channel excavation, regrading, installation of large wood structures, and revegetation, with sealed bids due March 27, 2026 and a 240-day completion window; the project is estimated at $3 million with a mandatory site visit and prevailing wage requirements.

State and local issuing bodies pursuing the code include state departments (Missouri Department of Conservation, California Department of Water Resources, Illinois Department of Agriculture, Massachusetts Department of Fish and Wildlife), county and municipal environmental and water agencies (Maryland Environmental Service on behalf of Prince George's County, City of Framingham), utility operators (Dalton Utilities in Georgia), special districts (St. Johns River Water Management District in Florida), and school districts and independent districts acting as land stewards. Geographic activity concentrates in California, Massachusetts, Georgia, Missouri, Maryland, and Florida, with additional solicitations in Arizona, New Jersey, Texas, and Washington. Soil fumigation and on-call disposal services appear most frequently across multiple jurisdictions; geotechnical and materials testing services support infrastructure and facility siting; and wetland and natural area restoration work is driven by environmental regulation and conservation mandates. The code sees steady activity across state agencies managing conservation lands and state nurseries, municipal departments handling sanitary and stormwater infrastructure, and utility and industrial operators preparing sites for major capital projects.