UNSPSC 70111700: Parks and gardens and orchards

UNSPSC 70111700 Parks and gardens and orchards (Class) encompasses grounds maintenance, mowing, landscaping, and vegetation management services that state and local governments procure to maintain public parks, recreational facilities, utility infrastructure sites, and designated properties. Recent state and local solicitations show active procurement across routine maintenance contracts for parks and rights-of-way, specialized services like irrigation management and tree trimming, and supplemental grounds-keeping at operational facilities including water treatment plants, lift stations, and transportation centers.

The issuing-body mix spans cities, counties, transit authorities, water utilities, and state facilities. Cities dominate the recent activity—St. Cloud, Ocala, Tampa, Cocoa, Milton, and Oviedo in Florida; Cocoa Beach in California; Dalton and Paulding County in Georgia; and municipalities in Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, and South Carolina all solicited ground-maintenance work in the past month. Larger county governments and regional authorities including the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Orange County Transportation Authority (California), Sacramento County Water Agency, Hillsborough County (Florida), and Sarasota County post significant multi-location contracts. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's RFP 140-26 (November 20, 2026 response) and Orange County Transportation Authority's IFB C260572 (November 2, 2026 response) typify the scale and geographic scope: MBTA seeks landscaping across 60 transit stations in Boston, Cambridge, and surrounding communities with a three-year term plus renewals; OCTA covers 13 facilities across Orange County with prevailing wage and DBE participation requirements. Repeat buyers including Florida cities (Ocala, St. Cloud, Tampa, Cocoa) and counties (Sarasota, Hillsborough) appear multiple times with separate contracts for distinct geographic zones or property types, suggesting fragmented, area-based service structures. Geographic concentration runs heaviest in Florida (Ocala, Tampa, St. Cloud, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, Sarasota, Orange County, Hillsborough County, Palm Beach County, Beaufort County, Jackson County Missouri, and Dalton/Paulding County Georgia account for roughly 40 percent of identified opportunities), with secondary activity in California (Orange County Transportation Authority, Sacramento County Water Agency, Solano County, Ventura County, Milpitas), Massachusetts (MBTA), and scattered single procurements in Michigan, Nevada, Georgia, South Carolina, and Illinois. Service term lengths typically run one to five years, with most contracts offering one to three renewal options. Liquidated damages for missed schedules, re-inspection fees, and performance bonds are standard across high-value or multi-year agreements. Set-asides and preferences appear in roughly 30 percent of opportunities: Small Business Enterprise (SBE) set-asides in Hillsborough County and Illinois; DBE participation goals in Orange County Transportation Authority; local-vendor preferences in Sarasota County and Palm Beach County; Service Disabled Veteran preferences in Orange County, Florida; and prevailing wage requirements in Orange County Transportation Authority and Michigan Department of Transportation solicitations. Licensing and certification are mandatory across the code: Florida Department of Agriculture Pest Control Operator licenses, California C-27 Landscape Contractor licenses, ISA Certified Arborist credentials, Qualified Applicator Certificates, and state-specific maintenance-of-traffic certifications filter eligibility. Insurance requirements are uniform—Commercial General Liability ($500,000 to $2 million per occurrence), Automobile Liability ($300,000 to $1 million), and Workers' Compensation at statutory minimums, with umbrella and specialized pollution coverages required on large or environmentally sensitive contracts. Electronic submission portals (OpenGov, PreconSuite, SacCountyEbids, nevadaepro.com) are now standard; hand delivery and email are no longer accepted across recent solicitations.