SLED Opportunity · MARYLAND · MARYLAND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE

    1-26-5-27-8 - Urban Tree Planting for Maryland Port Administration - Climate Pollution Reduction Grant - MBE 10%

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    Maryland Environmental Service seeks firms to procure, plant, and maintain up to 800 trees in Baltimore under a Climate Pollution Reduction Grant. Includes tree seedlings and maintenance services. Proposals due July 16, 2026.

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    Description

    The Maryland Environmental Service is issuing this Request for Proposals (RFP) to seek qualified firms to procure, plant and provide maintenance/watering services for establishing up to an estimated 800 trees within the Baltimore metro area.

    Commodity Codes

    • Commodity Codes: UNSPSC 101520 Tree and shrub seeds and cuttings UNSPSC 211016 Agricultural machinery for planting and seeding UNSPSC 10152002 Conifer tree seeds or cuttings UNSPSC 10152004 Latifoliate tree seedling: A young tree that is grown in a nursery for cultivation of broad leaved trees. UNSPSC 10152005 Conifer tree seedling: A young tree that is grown in a nursery for cultivation of acicular trees, eg trees with the shape of leaves looking like needles. UNSPSC 10152006 Pine tree seeds or budwood: Seed of the tree variety of the pinacea family UNSPSC 10152007 Carob tree seeds or budwood: Seed of the variety of tree from the leguminous family UNSPSC 10152009 Misa seed or seedlings: Woody tree seeds, originally from South America and Madagascar. Belongs to the lecythidaceae family UNSPSC 10152010 Royal poinciana seed or seedlings: Tree seeds that reach a medium height of 8 to 12 m. It has orange red flowers and green foliage UNSPSC 10152011 Ceticio tree seed or seedlings: A tree or bush of 1.5 meters high with yellow flowers, pubescent fruits. Scientific name is cytisus racemosa. UNSPSC 10152013 Willow tree seed or cutting: Salicaceae family tree seed UNSPSC 10152014 Tornillo tree seed or cutting: Tree seed from the fabaceae - mimosoideae family UNSPSC 10152015 Huaranhuay tree seed or cutting: Bignoniaceae family tree seed UNSPSC 10152016 Teca tree seed or cutting: Leafy tree seed of the verbenaceae family that reaches a height of 30 m UNSPSC 10152017 Taya or tara tree seed or cutting: Leguminosae family tree variety seed or caesalpinoideae UNSPSC 10152018 Tahuari negro tree seed or cutting: Bignoniaceae family tree seed UNSPSC 10152019 Small poinciana tree seed or cutting: Bush or small tree seed of 3 m high belonging to the caesalpiniaceae family. It produces red, yellow or orange flowers. UNSPSC 10152020 Shihuahuaco tree seed or cutting: Fabaceae family tree seed UNSPSC 10152021 Sangre de grado tree seed or cutting: Tree seed of the euphorbiaceae family. When cut, the bark secretes a reddish latex which is known as sangre de grado and has medicinal properties UNSPSC 10152022 Retema tree seed or cutting: Leguminosae family tree variety seed. Its bush is arched with hanging branches and small, narrow leaves. UNSPSC 10152023 Quishuar tree seed or cutting: Seed of the tree species that belongs to the scrophulariaceae family UNSPSC 10152024 Quenua or quewina tree seed or cutting: Rosaceae family tree or bush seed UNSPSC 10152025 Qolle tree seed or cutting: Buddlejaceae family tree or bush seed. A variable species endemic to the high Andes from the Cordillera Blanca in Peru to Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. It grows on dry to semi-humid rocky soils at elevations of 3,000–4,350 m. Its flowers are used to make yellow dye. UNSPSC 10152026 Podocarpus tree seed or cutting: Podocarpaceae family tree seed UNSPSC 10152027 Pashaco colorado tree seed or cutting: Mimosoideae family tree seed UNSPSC 10152028 Palo de rosa tree seed or cutting: Apocynaceae family tree seed UNSPSC 10152029 Ojo de paloma tree seed or cutting: Seed known as ojo de paloma UNSPSC 10152030 Molle tree seed or cutting: Anacardiaceae family tree seed UNSPSC 10152031 Miaporo tree seed or cutting: Mioporo o ngaio-- myoporum Iaetum-- tree seed, a scrophulariaceae family tree, native to New Zealand. UNSPSC 10152032 Marupa tree seed or cutting: Simaroubaceae family tree seed UNSPSC 10152033 Mahogany tree seed or cutting: Meliaceae family tree seed. UNSPSC 10152034 Jacaranda tree seed or cutting: Bignoniaceae family tree seed UNSPSC 10152035 Italia forage tree seed or seedlings: Seed commonly known as italia forage UNSPSC 10152036 Huaruro tree seed or cutting: Ormosia coccinea tree seed, it is a botanical species of the leguminous family. UNSPSC 10152037 Huaranguillo or acacia horrida bush seed or cutting: Seed for a bush and tree genus from the leguminous family --fabaceae and mimosoideae sub-family, although it is commonly known as a huaranguillo UNSPSC 10152038 Huarango tree seed or cutting: Long-lived tree seed from the leguminous order family UNSPSC 10152039 Huacapu tree seed or cutting: Olacaceae family tree seed. It has medicinal properties. UNSPSC 10152040 Ronceana regia tree seed or cutting: Seed known as ronceanea regia UNSPSC 10152041 Glandular nakedwood tree seed or cutting: Tree seed from the rhamnaceae family UNSPSC 10152042 Eucalyptus tree seed or cutting: Myrtaceae family tree seed UNSPSC 10152043 Cumala tree seed or cutting: Myristicaceae family tree seed UNSPSC 10152044 Coral tree seed or cutting: Fabaceae family tree seed UNSPSC 10152045 Colle tree seed or cutting: Buddlejaceae family tree seed UNSPSC 10152046 Cinamo tree seed or cutting: Meliaceae, its fruits are poisonous UNSPSC 10152047 Charan tree seed or cutting: Fabaceae family tree seed UNSPSC 10152048 Castor oil bush seed or cutting: Tree seed that belongs to the euphorbiaceae family, ricinus communis UNSPSC 10152049 Capirona tree seed or cutting: Bush or tree seed from the rubiaceae family UNSPSC 10152050 Bolaina blanca tree seed or cutting: Tree seed of the sterculiaceae family UNSPSC 10152051 Australian oak tree seed or cutting: Proteaceae family tree seed UNSPSC 10152053 Aniba sp or nectandra sp or ocotea sp moena tree seed or cutting: Tree seed whose common name is moena; it covers similar species that belong to the lauraceae family UNSPSC 10152054 Cacao or cocoa tree seed: Seed from the cacao tree. UNSPSC 10152055 Date palm cutting: Cutting of Date Palm for planting UNSPSC 10152058 Rubber tree seed or cutting: Seed or cutting of the rubber tree which is a tree of the family Euphorbiaceae or Hevea brasiliensis measuring 20-30 meters or more in height. Rubber is manufactured from its latex which is white or yellow and abundant until 25 years of age of the tree. UNSPSC 10152059 Escalonia seed and cutting: Seed that belongs to the Escalloniaceae family. Tree grows along riverbeds and is native to Argentina, Chile and Peru. Also known as tasta, tasata, ojotilla, nipa, q'ero. UNSPSC 10152063 Estoraque seed and cutting: Tree that belongs to the Fabaceae family. It is a leguminous tree native to Central and South America and is well known in the Western world as a source of balsam of Peru. The extracted wood resembles mahogany; its resin is yellow to dark brown and it is aromatic with a balsamic flavor. The fruit is fibrous with plenty of balsamic juice. UNSPSC 10152064 Cedrillo tree seed, seedling or cutting: Seed that belongs to the Meliaceae family. Tree can grow to 12 meters, is distributed in the Caribbean. Common name: palo bitter, siguaraya or ramoncillo. UNSPSC 10161514 Casuarina tree: Type of tree known as casuarina tree UNSPSC 10161515 Cypress tree: Type of tree known as cypress tree UNSPSC 10161516 Eucalyptus tree: Type of tree known as eucalyptus tree UNSPSC 10161517 Quinoa tree: Type of tree known as quinoa tree UNSPSC 10161518 Magnolia tree: Type of tree known as magnolia tree UNSPSC 10161525 Eggfruit tree: Tree that yields the fruit known as eggfruit UNSPSC 10161526 Avocado tree: Tree that yields the fruit known as avocado UNSPSC 10161527 Guanabanillo tree: Tree that yields the fruit known as guanabanillo UNSPSC 10161528 Star fruit tree: Tree that yields the fruit known as star fruit UNSPSC 10161529 Plum tree: Tree that yields the fruit known as plum UNSPSC 10161530 Quince tree: Tree that yields the fruit known as quince UNSPSC 10161531 Wingleaf soapberry tree: Small to medium size tree of the sapindaceae family, sapindus saponaria. It is found in America. The fruits are round berries of 15 mm diameter, lustrous brown color. They have a sticky pulp and a seed of 1 cm diameter, round and black. Both the pulp an UNSPSC 10161532 Tornillo tree: Tree species from the leguminous family -fabaceae. It is currently used in floors, house structures, frameworks, beams, indoor carpentry, craftwork and in the manufacturing of doors, windows and carriages UNSPSC 10161533 Umari tree: Tree producing the fruit known as umari. The ripened fruit is edible, has a good taste and a strong characteristic smell UNSPSC 10161534 Tara tree: Tree with simple or composed alternate leaves, pinnate or bi-pinnate. Panicle flower seeds or in spikes. Vegetable fruit UNSPSC 10161535 Sauce lloron tree: Tree from the salicaceae family. It is native to East Asia, with thin, flexible, large, hanging branches reaching almost to the ground. Its trunk has a fissured bark. It has linear-lanceolated leaves. UNSPSC 10161536 Sauce criollo tree: Dioecious deciduous tree of the salicaceae family. It reaches a height of 25 m and its foliage is light green with hanging little branches. It has simple leaves and its fruit is a light brown capsule with many cottony seeds inside. UNSPSC 10161537 Royal poinciana tree: Tree of the fabaceae family. It is one of the most colorful trees in the world. It is native to the West Malagasy forest in Madagascar, where it is at risk of extinction. It has red and orange flowers and shiny green foliage. UNSPSC 10161538 Papelillo or copal blanco or bursera odorata tree: Tree from the bursera family and genus. Genus considered as succulent for its capacity to store liquid in trunk and branches UNSPSC 10161539 Palo rosa tree: Tree of the apocynaceae family. The wood is dark pink. Tree can grow to height of 42 m -as found in jungles of Misiones in Argentina. Found in meridional Brazil, Paraguay and the Northeast of Argentina UNSPSC 10161540 Molle serrano tree: Tree of the anacardiaceae family, with small yellowish white flowers and red fruit of one seed that has a doughy and sweet texture UNSPSC 10161541 Molle costeno tree: Tree from the anacardiaceae family. Native to Brazil and extended to all tropical and sub-tropical areas of the Americas, with smallflowers and red bunches with turpentine smell UNSPSC 10161542 Moena amarilla tree: Lauraceae family. Medium-size trees, light brown external bark and cream internal bark, with rapid oxidation to ferruginous, aromatic smell, oblong-elyptical leaves, when fresh terminal branches are blackish to whitish UNSPSC 10161543 Moena alcanfor or canela moena tree: Tree from the lauraceae family. Medium to big size tree, branches that have creamy mottling in big areas. Internal pale pink bark with a cinammon-like smell. UNSPSC 10161544 Mimosa tree: Coniferous tree, species acacia longifolia, of extended size, from the mimosaceae family -leguminosae. It produces thick yellow-golden axillary spikes. UNSPSC 10161545 Marupa tree: Tree of the simaroubaceae family. It is found in high areas in well-drained sandy soils, in very wet forest formations. Creamy yellowish internal bark, with whitish veins, sandy texture and very sour taste from where its generic name comes from. UNSPSC 10161546 Macambo tree: Tree of the sterculiaceae family. This rapid-growth tree has a small section and can be combined with several tree species. It is preferably found in alluvial soils and tollerates minimum floods. The pulp and seeds of this big fruit are very popular as f UNSPSC 10161547 Jacaranda tree: Tree of the bignoniaceae family. It grows in low elevations in wet climates. It has very bright purple tubular leaves and its fruit has the shape of castanets UNSPSC 10161548 Huayruro tree: Tree of the species ormosia coccinea of the leguminous family. It reaches a height of 30 m and produces beautiful red seeds with a with dot covering a third of its surface. These seeds are used in jewelry and other decorations. They are poisonous if eat UNSPSC 10161549 Grevilia tree: Tree from the proteaceae family. It grows rapidly and is used for fencing. UNSPSC 10161551 Erica bush: Tree of the ericaceae family. It has whitish, hairy little branches, with leaves grouped into verticils of 1 or 2. flowers producing large quantities of flowers. Its root wood , with a bulb shape, is widely used in pipe manufacturing. UNSPSC 10161552 Cumala tree: Tree of the myristicaceae family. Reaches a height of 35 m. Corrugated trunk at the base UNSPSC 10161553 Copoazu tree: Tree of the malvaceae family. Originally from eastern Amazon, it is a sort of amazon white cocoa. Its natural habitat is the tropical rainforest in non flooding highlands UNSPSC 10161554 Coral tree: Tree of the fabaceae or leguminosae family. It is a tree that reaches a height of 3,5 to 7.18 m, with thorny branches UNSPSC 10161556 Chilean alamo tree: Tree of the species, popullus nigra of the salicaceae family. Typical of Chile's rural landscape, it has a colorful attraction in yellow tones during the autumn. Its trunk is grey, therefore its name and fruits are covered with cotton UNSPSC 10161557 Chestnut tree: Tree of the fagaceae family. Around 20-30 meters in height with a trunk measuring 2 m in diameter. Produces brownish color chestnuts UNSPSC 10161558 Ceder or cedro colorado tree: Tree of the meliaceae family. Straight trunk tree that reaches a height of 40 m, big crown, elongated, thick, rough and corrugated bark, with deep grooves in dark brown or grey. UNSPSC 10161559 Cedrela tree: Perennial or deciduous tree during the dry season, from the meliaceae family. Its wood is valued for its smell, structure and color. The cedrela odorata of Antilles is used in the preparation of havana cigars UNSPSC 10161560 Capirona tree: Tree of the rubiaceae family. The capirona is a wild tree and is up to 30 m of height, characteristic of wet and tropical areas. It has several medicinal properties including its bark that is used as an infusion for eye infections, diabetes and ovaric ill UNSPSC 10161561 Caoba tree: Medium to big size tree that can reach more than 25 meters of height and up to two meters diameter. The heart is a deep red or brown color that created the term caoba color UNSPSC 10161562 Calistemo bush: Tree of the myrtaceae family reaching 6-7 m high. Flexible and hanging branches. Red flowers grouped in thick spikes of 7 cm approximately. Fruit in globe-shaped capsule, woody, inserted in the calyx tube of 6 mm diameter approximately. UNSPSC 10161563 Aroma tree: Mimosaceae family tree, usually known as aroma or huisache. It has multiple stems characterized by a expanded and dense crown, thorny branches and fragrant flowers. UNSPSC 10161564 Araucaria tree: From the araucariaceae family. Coniferous tree that may reach a height of 70 m, although in cultivation it usually does not reach these heights. It can be placed in a pot and be cultivated indoors as a small tree UNSPSC 10161565 Anallu caspi tree: Tree species known as anallu caspi tree, cordia ucayalensis UNSPSC 10161566 Albizia tree: Fabaceae family. Deciduous tree reaching a height of 5 m, with a wide crown and arched branches. The fruit is a brown pod which is also a vegetable UNSPSC 10161567 Alamo carolino tree: Deciduous tree with more than 20 m of height of the salicaceae family. Heart-shaped young leaves, scarcely acuminated. For ornamental use, forest repair, industry UNSPSC 10161568 Cardenal tree: Known as china rose. It is a coniferous tree from the malvaceae family originally from East Asia. Flowers are big, red, strong and usually lack smell. UNSPSC 10161569 Chiflera tree: Tree from the araliaceae family. It has medium green composed leaves in groups of seven leaves. It usually has multiple trunks and flowers grow in the upper part of the tree UNSPSC 10161575 Shihuahuaco tree: A tree of the Fabaceae family which can reach 50 meters in height, Dipteryx micrantha scientific name, known as Cumaru, charapilla, Cumaru ferro, kumarut UNSPSC 10161576 Murraya shrub: Bush belongs to the Rutaceae family, it can grow until become a small tree, it has an ornamental use due to its white and fragrant flowers. Common name: India azahar, jasmine azahar , orange jasmine, Naranjo jasmine, lemongrass, Murallera, Mirto Criollo , Boj of Persia. UNSPSC 10161577 Hibiscus tiliaceus: An evergreen bush or small tree that reaches 4-5 m in height cultivation. It belongs to the Malvaceae family, native to the Old World tropics. Common names: Sea Hibiscus, Beach Hibiscus, Green Cottonwood, Native Hibiscus, Native Rosella, Kurrajong, Sea Rosemallow, Norfolk Hibiscus, Hau and Purau. UNSPSC 10161578 Chirimoya tree: A tree that belongs to the Annonaceae family. Its fruit is called custard apple or cherimoya and is edible. It grows in dry climates. UNSPSC 70111501 Planting services or ornamental plant or bush or tree UNSPSC 70111601 Planting services UNSPSC 70111703 Garden planting or maintenance services UNSPSC 10161580 Algarrobo tree: Tree of the legume family, known as pale carob, Kiawe, Huarango, mesquite or carob. UNSPSC 10161581 Neem tree: This tree belongs to the meliaceae family, native of India and Burma, which only lives in tropical and subtropical regions. Commonly called nim, neem, neem or Indian lilac. UNSPSC 10161582 Guayaba tree: It is a small tree of the myrtaceae family. Its fruit is guava or apple guava UNSPSC 10161583 Lime tree: It is a species of the rutaceae family. It is of the citrus type e.g. its fruit is lime; also known as key lime. UNSPSC 10161584 Pear tree: European pear or common pear tree, a deciduous tree type of the Rosaceaefamily. Its fruit is pear. UNSPSC 10161585 Ponciana tree: Tree of the Fabaceae family. It is one of the most colorful trees in the world with orange red flowers and bright green foliage. Also known as Malinche, flamboyant, flame tree or Flamboyant. UNSPSC 10161586 African tulip tree: Tree of the Bignoniaceae family. The only species is spathodea, known as the African tulip tree the fountain, flame-the-forest, called Nandi, poppy, Santo Domingo mahogany, cockerel and Tulipier du Gabon. UNSPSC 10161587 Cinnamon tree: Tree of the Rosaceae family, it can measure between 10 to 15 meters high, from Sri Lanka. Its is used as powder or species. Known as Cinnamus. UNSPSC 10161588 Populus nigra: The black poplar or Populus nigra, also known as poplar or Alameda, is a species of tree belonging to the Salicaceae family common in Europe.

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    OngoingOpen DateOnline PortalPosting date for the OpportunityJun 12th 2026, 9:00 AM EDTN/A
    UpcomingPre Proposal MeetingOnline - MS Teams link in the Description or call in (audio only) +1 332-249-0605,,208768206# United States, New York CityMS Teams Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/260323486001668?p=fMxKrrrgmCOsLHxjNWJun 23rd 2026, 11:00 AM EDT - Jun 23rd 2026, 12:00 PM EDTNo
    UpcomingQuestions Due DateOnline PortalDeadline to submit QuestionsJun 30th 2026, 2:00 PM EDTN/A
    UpcomingClose DateOnline PortalDeadline for SubmissionsJul 16th 2026, 2:00 PM EDTN/A
    UpcomingIntent to Bid Due DateOnline PortalDeadline to indicate your intent to BidJul 16th 2026, 2:00 PM EDTYes

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