UNSPSC 70111506: Arborist services

UNSPSC 70111506 Arborist services (Commodity) encompasses tree maintenance, health assessment, risk evaluation, removal, pruning, planting, and emergency response work that state and local governments procure for municipal parks, school campuses, airport grounds, healthcare facilities, water districts, and county-owned properties. Recent solicitations show a steady mix of routine tree care contracts, specialized arboricultural consulting tied to urban forestry initiatives, and emergency debris management, with pricing structured variously as per-unit fees, hourly crew rates, or fixed annual program costs.

State and local issuing bodies span municipal departments, county governments, special districts, and independent school districts. Cities posting under the code in the past two months include Norwalk and Stamford, Connecticut; Portland, Oregon; Orlando, Charlotte, and Albany, Florida; and Bowling Green, Kentucky. Counties active in the market include Orange County, Florida; Orange County, California; Collier County, Florida; Solano County, California; DeKalb County, Georgia; Santa Clara County, California; and San Mateo County, California. Specialized agencies include the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, West Basin Municipal Water District, Savannah Airport Commission, and Temple Independent School District. Geographic concentration appears heaviest in Florida, California, Georgia, and Connecticut, with additional activity in Colorado, Oregon, Texas, and Nevada. The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services (Rawson-Neal Hospital), the City of Norwalk, and Collier County each appear in multiple recent notices, indicating repeated procurement under or adjacent to the code. The Savannah Airport Commission posted at least twice for the same service scope (RFP 2026-0017 for tree trimming and emergency debris removal), reflecting extended timelines and re-posting as prior solicitations closed or extended.

Representative recent opportunities include the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services RFP 40DHHS-S3927 for arborist services at Rawson-Neal Hospital in Las Vegas (due August 20, 2026, mandatory site visit July 23, 2026, four-year term commencing November 15, 2026), covering comprehensive tree maintenance, pruning, disease identification, planting, pesticide application, stump removal, and detailed reporting; the City of Orlando RFP26-0203 for arborist consulting, tree removal, and pruning services (due May 21, 2026, federally funded through U.S. Forest Service Inflation Reduction Act award, 36-month term ending March 12, 2027), with per-item pricing for examinations, pruning, and removals tiered by tree diameter; the Orange County, California RFP for tree maintenance services (due February 3, 2026, estimated annual volume of 8,000–12,000 prunings, 200–400 removals, 300–600 plantings, three-year initial term effective September 1, 2026), requiring ISA and pest-control certifications and evaluated 60% on experience, 30% on operations, 10% on price; the Collier County ITB 25-8517 for furnishing and installing trees and palms throughout the county (due June 26, 2026, three-year contract with two optional renewals), with unit pricing all-inclusive of materials, labor, installation, warranty, and mulch; and the Charlotte, North Carolina RFP for landscaping and tree planting (due July 23, 2026), covering neighborhood tree planting in rights-of-way, canopy care on private property, stump grinding, and capital improvement installations for one or more selected contractors.