UNSPSC 70111507: Removal services or ornamental plant or bush or tree

UNSPSC 70111507 Removal services or ornamental plant or bush or tree is a Commodity code representing tree removal, trimming, pruning, stump grinding, and related vegetation management services that state and local governments procure across water utilities, transportation departments, parks and recreation systems, schools, and general municipal facilities. Recent solicitations show governments buying comprehensive arboricultural services including hazard tree removal, emergency response capabilities, ISA Certified Arborist labor, debris hauling and disposal, and specialized equipment deployment (bucket trucks, chippers, stump grinders, forestry mulching equipment) to maintain safe grounds, clear right-of-ways, manage wildfire fuel loads, and support infrastructure operations. Issuing bodies span water agencies, county transportation and parks departments, cities, school districts, and special-purpose authorities such as transit and port facilities. Sacramento County Water Agency and Sacramento County Department of Transportation appear as repeat buyers in the recent activity, both soliciting ongoing landscape and tree maintenance across operational sites. Across the same timeframe, Florida counties and cities, Georgia municipalities, Texas local governments, and Connecticut towns each posted multiple tree removal or vegetation management RFPs, RFQs, and ITBs, indicating sustained demand nationwide.

Geographic spread includes California (Sacramento County, Fresno and Kings counties via the High-Speed Rail Authority, City of Thousand Oaks), Florida (statewide wildfire mitigation through the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Osceola, Lee, and Escambia counties), Georgia (DeKalb, Fayette, and Paulding counties), Texas (Lubbock, Schertz, Arlington), Connecticut (Bridgeport, Shelton, Orange, Pasadena), Arizona (Lehi City), South Carolina (Dorchester County), Missouri (Jackson County), New Mexico (McKinley County Schools), Utah, and other jurisdictions coast to coast. Representative recent solicitations include Sacramento County Water Agency RFP 2026RFP0094 for comprehensive landscaping, irrigation, and tree management across 28 operational sites with responses due October 7, 2026 and awards to the top two proposers; Sacramento County Department of Transportation RFB 2026RFB0074 for landscape maintenance and tree pruning services across county road rights-of-way with bids due October 2, 2026; City of Thousand Oaks IFB for Westlake Boulevard Median Improvements (CI 5652) encompassing tree removal and sustainable replanting with an engineer's estimate of $7.4 million and bids due October 14, 2026; Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services ITB for statewide wildfire mitigation services across five regions and five service levels, awarding up to ten term agreements per service level per region with bids due October 20, 2026; Lehi City RFP LEHI202606 for energized line clearance tree-trimming on an as-needed basis with a two-year term and proposals due September 28, 2026; and City of Bridgeport ITB CWB013279 for citywide tree maintenance and arboricultural services on an on-call basis with a not-to-exceed annual cap of $100,000 and submissions due September 15, 2026.