UNSPSC 10171504: Compost

UNSPSC 10171504 Compost, a Commodity code, covers the supply and application of compost and compost-based materials for erosion control, landfill operations, odor management, and landscaping maintenance at municipal and county facilities. State and local governments soliciting under this code span cities, counties, school districts, and special-purpose authorities managing waste infrastructure, parks, stormwater systems, and grounds maintenance. Recent opportunities show issuing bodies including the District of Columbia Department of Public Works, Parkway School District (Missouri), the City of Stamford (Connecticut), Sacramento County, Sarasota County, the City of Tucson, Hillsborough County (Florida), and Boulder County Parks and Open Space, indicating activity across multiple jurisdictions and issuing-body types.

Recent work under the code includes leaf disposal services (District of Columbia, IFB due October 19, 2026), supply of hardwood mulch and engineered wood fiber on a blanket purchase-order basis estimated at $50,000 annually (Parkway School District, RFQ due September 17, 2026), construction of food composting machine enclosures at three municipal sites (City of Stamford, ITB due August 27, 2026 and October 1, 2026, subject to Davis Bacon Wage Rates and Build America, Buy America Act compliance), hydroseeding and erosion control using compost and seed mixes across four landfill and transfer-station locations (Sacramento County Department of Waste Management and Recycling, RFB due June 11, 2026, with 5% local and 2% micro-business preferences), odor control mulch bed refurbishment and replacement at nine vacuum stations over five years (Sarasota County, IFB due August 7, 2026), maintenance of composting equipment including Komptech windrow machines (Hillsborough County, sole-source notice with challenges due June 25, 2026, valued at $1,992,824.18 over five years), and qualified vendor lists for green stormwater infrastructure landscape maintenance (City of Tucson, RFP ongoing through April 2030). Geographic activity clusters in California, Connecticut, Florida, South Carolina, and Arizona, with secondary activity in Colorado and Georgia.