UNSPSC 70111703: Garden planting or maintenance services

UNSPSC 70111703 Garden planting or maintenance services (Commodity) encompasses the full range of lawn care, landscape upkeep, grounds beautification, and specialized vegetation management that state and local governments procure to maintain parks, facilities, rights-of-way, cemeteries, athletic fields, and municipally owned properties. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers contracting for routine mowing and edging; irrigation system maintenance and repair; tree trimming, pruning, and removal; seasonal plantings and mulching; specialized services such as invasive species control and native plant restoration; and integrated pest management across diverse property types. The code attracts bids from landscape contractors, grounds maintenance firms, and specialized vegetation-management vendors operating at the local and regional level.

State and local issuing bodies under this code include municipal public works and parks departments, county governments, school districts, transit authorities, state departments, and specialized special-purpose districts. The City of Ocala (Florida) appears repeatedly as a high-volume buyer of mowing, cemetery, and grounds maintenance services across multiple site categories; other active buyers include Collier County (Florida), Fulton County (Georgia), the City of San Antonio (Texas), Orange County Transportation Authority (California), Sacramento County (California), and various Florida municipalities and counties. Geographic activity concentrates in Florida, Georgia, California, and Texas, with scattered activity across Michigan, South Carolina, and other states. Representative recent opportunities span RFPs and ITBs for comprehensive grounds maintenance at multiple facilities, unit-price-based mowing contracts, specialized invasive-plant-control programs, and multi-award on-call service arrangements. The Orange County Transportation Authority posted an IFB on October 13, 2026 (bids due November 2, 2026) for landscaping maintenance at 13 transportation facilities with an estimated value of $354,050 and prevailing wage requirements. Fulton County, Georgia issued an ITB on October 16, 2026 (due November 30, 2026) for quarterly maintenance of pollinator and rain gardens with a Georgia-licensed Landscape Architect staffing requirement. The City of Norcross, Georgia posted an RFP on September 30, 2026 (due October 30, 2026) for a five-year citywide landscape maintenance contract with local-vendor evaluation bonuses. Sacramento County posted concurrent RFPs for landscape maintenance at water utility sites (October 9, 2026) and for county transportation properties (October 9, 2026), each spanning multiple years with options to renew. Collier County and Escambia County (Florida) issued ITBs for sod supply and installation and native vegetation planting, respectively. Most contracts run one to three years with optional renewals; prevailing wage and DBE/MBE participation goals apply selectively, particularly in California and federal-funded projects. Contractor qualification floors typically include three to five years of experience, active state licensure (C-27 landscape contractor license in California and Florida; commercial applicator certifications in Florida), ISA Certified Arborist credentials where tree work is required, and E-Verify compliance. Insurance minimums cluster at $1 million general liability per occurrence. Activity remains robust across the sample, with response dates concentrated in the fourth quarter of 2026 and first quarter of 2027, suggesting sustained municipal and county budgeting for grounds maintenance and facility beautification.