UNSPSC 70131600: Land and soil preparation

UNSPSC 70131600 Land and soil preparation, a Class code, encompasses fertilizer application, grounds maintenance, tree and shrub planting and removal, landscape installation, irrigation system work, and site preparation services that state and local governments procure across parks, airports, school facilities, utility infrastructure, and municipal rights-of-way. Recent solicitations show active buying across multiple issuing-body types: state departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Nevada Office of the Military, Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs), counties (Seminole County, Collier County, Dorchester County, Fayette County, Marion County, Walton County), cities (Norwalk Connecticut, Fort Worth, Sandy Springs Georgia, Milton Georgia, Santa Cruz California, Fitchburg Wisconsin, Atlanta, Amarillo, Albany Georgia, Jackson Michigan, Missouri City Texas, Chamblee Georgia, Cooper City Florida), airports and port authorities (Santa Fe Regional Airport, Lee County Port Authority, North Perry Airport), school districts (Tempe Elementary School District, Jackson Public Schools), universities (University of Texas at Dallas, University of Wisconsin-Parkside), and special districts (East Mississippi State Hospital, Graceville City and Alachua County joint procurement). The Texas Department of Criminal Justice appears repeatedly with multiple fertilizer-and-application solicitations posted in July 2026.

Recent representative opportunities span five states with concentration in the Southeast and Southwest. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued four separate fertilizer-plus-application IFBs (IW254773, IW254777, IW254820, IW255702, IW255708, IW255710) with due dates of July 30, 2026, covering unspecified facilities and acreage. The Lee County Port Authority, Florida, requested bids on comprehensive landscaping maintenance at Page Field Airport covering 28.5 acres and 873 trees with annual base pricing and supplemental rates, due July 31, 2026 under RFB 26-0080LB. Walton County, Florida issued an ITB for multi-use path and rights-of-way maintenance covering mowing, debris removal, tree trimming, and edging on a 7-day cycle March–October and 30-day cycle November–February, due August 6, 2026 with a mandatory pre-bid on July 22. The City of Fort Worth requested proposals for on-call, as-needed grounds maintenance on citywide unimproved alleyways with a 30 percent small business participation goal, due August 6, 2026. The City of Amarillo sought bids for heritage-district site and landscape construction including concrete work, fencing, irrigation, sod, and tree planting with an estimated budget of $400,000 and a local-vendor price-match option under Texas statute, due July 23, 2026. Geographic activity is most visible in Texas, Florida, Georgia, California, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Michigan, Oregon, and Nevada, with additional opportunities in Arizona, South Carolina, and Louisiana. The code sees steady demand across spring-through-fall maintenance cycles, capital project installations, and equipment-intensive work requiring liability insurance floors of $1–$2 million and, for larger contracts, performance and payment bonds.