UNSPSC 70111705: Cemetery upkeep services

UNSPSC 70111705 Cemetery upkeep services, a Commodity code, covers grounds maintenance, landscaping, and restoration work at burial facilities. State and local governments procure ongoing landscape maintenance contracts (mowing, debris removal, edging, pruning, fertilizing), construction and infrastructure projects at cemetery sites (walking trails, reflecting ponds, benches), and specialized stone conservation services for historic markers and gravestones. Issuing bodies include county governments, city parks and recreation departments, and consolidated city-county administrations. Recent activity spans Macon-Bibb County, the City of Gainesville, and Collier County, with solicitations structured as IFBs (sealed bids), RFPs, and quick-quote processes, depending on scope complexity and local procurement rules.

The code shows activity in Georgia and Florida. Macon-Bibb County issued a sealed-bid RFB (PE61100NONST2027000000145) on September 29, 2026 for construction of walking trails and a reflecting pond at Rose Hill Cemetery, due October 29, 2026 at noon, with mandatory site visit and pre-bid conference; the scope includes base work plus optional add-alternates for invasive plant removal, native plantings, benches, bike-lane striping, and a construction management allowance, with a one-year warranty requirement and liquidated damages of $100 per day for delays. The City of Gainesville, Florida solicited grounds maintenance services at Evergreen Cemetery (PRCA260036WB, due May 7, 2026) requiring weekly mowing in growing season, mechanical edging, shrub pruning, fertilization at 400 pounds per acre per county code, and debris removal over a two-year initial term with three optional one-year renewals; bidders needed five years of landscape maintenance experience with supervisory personnel meeting the same threshold. Collier County, Florida issued a quick-quote (QQ2026135) for stone conservation and grave-marker restoration at Historic Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, due July 10, 2026, requiring an experienced stone conservationist to reset markers, repoint mortar joints, and clean headstones using specified D2 solution and hand methods without high-pressure equipment. M/W/DBE participation is encouraged in Georgia; Florida solicitations include local vendor preferences and E-Verify compliance requirements. Insurance requirements vary but typically include workers' compensation, general liability in the $500,000–$2,000,000 range, and performance bonds for construction work.