NIGP 95917: Aquatic Planting and Harvesting Services

NIGP 95917 Aquatic Planting and Harvesting Services, an Item code, encompasses the installation, establishment, and maintenance of native aquatic vegetation and habitat restoration through landscape plantings in state and local waterway, park, and recreational projects. The work being solicited includes canal bank and stream restoration with native species plantings, exotic vegetation removal, large woody debris habitat installation, and associated earthwork and environmental compliance. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code include county parks and recreation departments, county environmental and development services divisions, and municipal engineering offices. The work typically integrates aquatic planting as one component within larger stream restoration, shoreline stabilization, and erosion-control construction projects rather than as standalone landscaping contracts.

Florida dominates recent activity under the code, with two substantial stream and shoreline restoration projects posted by Sarasota County and Brevard County in the April 2026 window. Sarasota County issued IFB 262839AMS on April 27, 2026 for the Alligator Creek Stream Restoration project, a 3.3-mile, 193.17-acre initiative encompassing landscape plantings with native species, exotic vegetation removal, and habitat installation with a response deadline of April 14, 2026 and a 630-calendar-day contract term; the project requires contractor bonding capacity of at least $1 million and prior project experience of $7,500,000, suggesting substantial contract value and federal NOAA grant funding. Brevard County Parks and Recreation Department issued IFB B62622 on April 6, 2026 for installation of a shoreline rock revetment at Osteen Park with a 90-day contract term, requiring pre-bid attendance on March 30, 2026 and sealed bids due April 14, 2026; this work includes restoration of disturbed areas and compliance with federal prevailing-wage and FEMA reimbursement requirements.