UNSPSC 70111704: Horticultural counseling services

UNSPSC 70111704 Horticultural counseling services is a Commodity code that state and local governments use to classify landscape design, planning, and professional advisory services related to specialized growing conditions, plant selection, and site preparation for public facilities. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers are procuring full-scope landscape architecture and design services that include site analysis, 90% design plans, construction specifications, project management, and Construction Engineering and Inspection (CEI) support. The issuing bodies span city transportation departments, county water agencies, school districts, fire rescue districts, and county public works departments across multiple states. City of DeBary (Florida Department of Transportation partnership) issued an RFP in March 2020 for landscape design and project management along U.S. 17-92 with deliverables including design plans and CEI services on a $227,000 FDOT grant; Pinellas Suncoast Fire & Rescue District (Florida) issued an RFQ in September 2025 for Landscape Architect services as part of a five-year continuing professional consulting agreement covering design, permitting, bidding, and construction administration for fire stations and public buildings; and the City of Forsyth (Georgia) issued an RFP in September 2026 for cemetery landscape maintenance with separate pricing options for biweekly or weekly service schedules.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida, Georgia, and California, with scattered opportunities in Michigan, Texas, South Carolina, and other states. The code captures both design-phase advisory work (pre-construction feasibility, site planning, regulatory compliance) and post-award construction management roles. Buyer sophistication varies widely—some jurisdictions procure landscape architects as independent consultants on single projects; others establish continuing professional services frameworks where multiple design tasks are assigned on a project-by-project basis without guaranteed volume. Evaluation commonly weights qualifications and experience heavily (25–30 points), firm and reference performance (20–25 points), and project approach (20–30 points), with local preferences and M/WBE participation goals applied selectively. Contract terms range from fixed single-project engagements to five-year continuing agreements with annual task orders. Horticultural counseling as narrowly defined—advisory services on plant health, pest management, cultivation practices, or site-specific growing challenges—appears minimally represented in recent state and local solicitations; most landscape design RFPs and RFQs focus on architectural and engineering phases rather than horticultural consulting per se.