UNSPSC 70111704: Horticultural counseling services

UNSPSC 70111704 Horticultural counseling services, a Commodity code, encompasses landscape maintenance, grounds beautification, tree and shrub installation, irrigation system work, and erosion control services as recently solicited by state and local governments. The recent opportunities show state and local buyers interpreting this code broadly to capture routine and specialized grounds care across municipal parks, airports, school districts, public facilities, and specialized infrastructure sites. Issuing bodies range from state departments of criminal justice and veterans affairs to counties, cities, school districts, and university systems, with Texas Department of Criminal Justice appearing multiple times for fertilizer and application services, while Florida counties and cities dominate landscape maintenance and specialized grounds-work solicitations. The geographic spread spans Texas, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Connecticut, California, Oregon, and Nevada, with heaviest recent activity in Florida (landscape maintenance, tree and shrub planting, park development), Texas (fertilizer application, street tree planting, landscaping in public improvement districts), Georgia (erosion control, trail construction, park beautification), and California (landscape improvements, median maintenance).

Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice fertilizer and application solicitations (IW255710, IW255708, IW254773, IW254777, IW254820, IW251087) posted July 2026 with July 30 and July 14 response dates through their Euna Procurement portal; the City of Fort Worth's RFP for citywide unimproved alleyway grounds maintenance (RFP 260229, due August 6, 2026) with a 30 percent small business participation goal and work structured on an as-needed basis across 24 designated geographic areas; Walton County, Florida's ITB for multi-use path and rights-of-way maintenance (ITB 26-20, due August 6, 2026, with mandatory pre-bid July 22) covering routine maintenance on a 7-day cycle March through October and 30-day cycle November through February; the City of Norwalk, Connecticut's RFP for tree and shrub supply and planting at multiple municipal sites (due August 4, 2026); the City of Santa Cruz Parks & Recreation Department's RFP for median landscape and hardscape maintenance (RFPNOPR0247, due July 17, 2026) with California C-27 Landscaping Contractor license requirement, prevailing wage compliance, and local business preferences up to 6 percent; and Fayette County, Georgia's ITB for Kenwood Park Erosion Stabilization (27001-B, due July 28, 2026) specifying high-performance turf reinforcement matting, site grading, temporary erosion control, and permanent seeding across 169.19 acres. Opportunities span fixed-price contract work, as-needed service agreements with hourly rates, and large regional park development with nine-figure budgets, indicating sustained procurement activity in grounds maintenance, specialized horticultural services, and landscape installation across multiple jurisdictions and facility types.