NIGP 98140: Garden, Greenhouse, and Nursery Equipment Rental or Lease

NIGP 98140 Garden, Greenhouse, and Nursery Equipment Rental or Lease, an Item code, encompasses the supply and maintenance of plants, seeds, and related horticultural products for state and local government landscaping and facility-management operations. State and local buyers under this code procure nursery stock (annuals, perennials, potted plants, plugs, trees), grass seed, and specialized green-roof maintenance services on an as-needed basis. Issuing bodies include municipalities and special-purpose district authorities managing public facilities and grounds. The work involves both vendor-managed supply arrangements—where contractors deliver plants to specified zip codes on a scheduled basis—and direct labor services such as monthly cultivation, pruning, weeding, soil testing, and supplemental plantings on maintained green-roof installations.

Recent activity centers in Florida and the District of Columbia. The City of Altamonte Springs, Florida posted ITB 26-085-KY on August 24, 2026, soliciting landscaping plants and products (annuals, potted plants, plugs, grass seed, and trees) on an as-needed basis with no guaranteed purchase quantities; bids were due July 29, 2026, for a contract commencing October 1, 2026, renewable for four additional one-year terms. Events DC posted RFQ 25S049 on June 23, 2026, for monthly green roof maintenance services at the CareFirst Arena from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, with four optional one-year renewals; responses were due by 3:00 P.M. the same day. Both opportunities required standard insurance and compliance documentation; the Events DC solicitation included District of Columbia certification-based preference scoring and a 35% subcontracting requirement for Small Business Enterprises on contracts exceeding $250,000.