UNSPSC 70131500: Land and soil protection

UNSPSC 70131500 Land and soil protection is a Class code under which state and local governments solicit professional services, construction, and land management work focused on soil sampling, environmental assessment, site remediation, erosion control, and vegetation management across public lands, parks, facilities, and conservation areas. Recent opportunities span soil sampling and laboratory analysis, construction material testing, geotechnical investigation, park planning and design, wetland dike maintenance, natural resources restoration, and exotic vegetation treatment on state-managed and municipal properties. Issuing bodies include state environmental and natural resources departments, municipalities, county governments, regional authorities, and university systems. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and Texas General Land Office appear across multiple recent solicitations. Work is being solicited through RFP, RFQ, IFB, and ITB notice types, with responses typically due within two to four weeks of posting.

Activity clusters in Florida, Illinois, Texas, Georgia, and California, with representation from Utah, Maryland, and Oregon. Recent representative opportunities include the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' soil sampling and laboratory analysis across five regions on approximately 10,000–11,000 acres statewide (bid due October 21, 2026, IFB 27422DNRDIRECB54580); the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's rock gabion retaining wall construction at Madison Blue Spring State Park (bids due October 6, 2026, IFB BDC05-26-27, with addendum clarifying material specification); Lee County Port Authority's four-project exotic vegetation treatment at Airport Mitigation Park totaling approximately 7,000 acres (bids due September 16, 2026, with mandatory pre-bid site visit); the City of Salem, Oregon's natural resources restoration and management services across six categories (proposals due June 19, 2026, RFP 267049); and the Texas General Land Office's aerial herbicide brush control on Permanent School Fund properties statewide under multiple indefinite-delivery contracts (responses due October 26, 2026, RFQ 8691JW). Work assignments typically run from late summer through early spring completion windows to align with harvest and environmental cycles.