NIGP 98888: Tree Trimming and Pruning Services

NIGP 98888 Tree Trimming and Pruning Services is an Item code under which state and local governments currently procure vegetation management work including tree pruning and removal, stump grinding, hazardous tree mitigation, and specialized landscape maintenance for invasive species control and green stormwater infrastructure. Recent opportunities span counties, cities, school districts, transit authorities, and special-purpose districts across multiple states, with a strong concentration of activity in Florida (Escambia County CRA issued five separate hazardous-tree-removal quotes in June–July 2026, Palm Beach conducted palm-tree and hardwood trimming solicitations, and Pembroke Pines issued quick-quote golf-course work) and Texas (Harris County Flood Control District, San Antonio ISD, and Texas Department of Transportation each posted vegetation management work). Issuing bodies soliciting under this code include transportation authorities—Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) posted IFB 250406 on tree maintenance and pruning across Orange County facilities for $200,000 over two years—county departments, municipalities, state agencies (California Department of Water Resources, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Texas DOT), transit and flood-control districts, and educational institutions. Work performed ranges from routine cycling maintenance (City of Tucson's five-year green stormwater infrastructure maintenance QVL covering seven service groups at $723,146 annually) to emergency and one-off removals (Escambia County CRA hazard-tree removal work at four Pensacola properties, Sigurd Town cemetery and park work). Prevailing wage and Davis-Bacon compliance requirements appear in many recent solicitations; federal grant funding (U.S. Forest Service Inflation Reduction Act for Orlando arborist consulting) and local set-asides (DBE goals at OCTA; CBE goals at Broward County; M/WBE requirements at Augusta Parks) are common.

Recent representative opportunities include Harris County Flood Control District ITB 260162 (property boundary vegetation removal and pruning, due August 10, 2026), Orange County Transportation Authority IFB 250406 (tree maintenance and pruning at multiple Orange County facilities with prevailing wage, DBE participation goal, and 90-day initial system-wide pruning cycle, bids due July 20, 2026), City of Tucson QVL 250123 for green stormwater infrastructure landscape maintenance covering seven service groups on public property through April 2030, and City of Wichita ITB 260149 (on-call tree trimming, pruning, and removal for Housing & Community Services with prevailing wage under HUD Form 4750, bids due July 17, 2026). Work is geographically dispersed across Texas, Florida, California, Georgia, Oregon, Arizona, North Carolina, Kansas, and Utah, with Florida and Texas showing the highest recent posting volume. Qualification requirements frequently include International Society of Arboriculture certification, valid state contractor licensing (C-49 for tree services in California; C27 for landscaping in California; Class A in California for levee repairs with vegetation removal; valid Florida and Texas licenses elsewhere), and five years' minimum experience on similar public or municipal projects. Insurance requirements are consistent: general liability at $1 million to $2 million, workers' compensation at statutory limits, and automobile liability at $1 million. Most contracts are structured as unit-price or fixed-price bids for specified services delivered on demand rather than guaranteed volume; responses are submitted electronically via county procurement portals or state systems. Mandatory pre-bid or pre-proposal meetings and site visits are routine; question deadlines typically fall one to two weeks before bids are due.