UNSPSC 70131605: Soil chemical treatment services

UNSPSC 70131605 Soil chemical treatment services is a Commodity code that state and local governments use when procuring landscape maintenance, grounds keeping, and related vegetation management across public facilities, parks, cemeteries, transportation infrastructure, and utility sites. Recent solicitations under this code show activity concentrated in routine lawn and grounds care—mowing, edging, trimming, debris removal, weed control, and chemical applications—rather than specialized soil amendment or remediation work narrowly defined by the code name. Issuing bodies span city parks departments, county transportation and public works divisions, school districts, water authorities, utilities, fire and rescue districts, and cemetery maintenance programs. The mix reflects fragmented, ongoing demand across municipal infrastructure; repeat buyers include the City of Ocala (which issued multiple grounds maintenance solicitations in September 2026), Sacramento County Water Agency, and Fulton County Government. Work is being solicited through RFP, RFQ, RFB, and ITB notice types, with contract terms typically running one to three years with renewal options.

Geographic spread centers on Florida (Ocala, DeBary, Casselberry, Collier County, Sarasota County, Milton, Escambia County), California (Sacramento County, Orange County, Thousand Oaks, Milpitas), Georgia (Fulton County, City of Norcross, Paulding County, Forsyth, Atlanta, Johns Creek), and Texas (San Antonio, Tucson), with additional activity in South Carolina, Michigan, and Illinois. Representative recent opportunities include Fulton County's ITB 26ITB1652296A-KM for South Fulton Maintenance & Operational Demonstration Garden landscape maintenance (bids due November 30, 2026), with qualifications including a Georgia-licensed Landscape Architect on staff and knowledge of water-efficient landscaping; the City of Norcross RFP for citywide landscape maintenance services across 22 weekly-maintenance and 16 biweekly-maintenance sites (proposals due October 30, 2026, with a five-year contract term and local-vendor bonus scoring); the Orange County Transportation Authority IFB C260572 for landscaping services across 13 OCTA facilities in nine Southern California cities with a prevailing wage requirement and $354,050 estimated contract value (bids due November 2, 2026); and the City of Casselberry RFP for grounds maintenance at lift stations and water plants across two 13-station and 6-facility groups (proposals due November 3, 2026, with a three-year initial term plus two optional one-year renewals). Insurance, licensing (particularly pesticide applicator and landscape contractor licenses in states requiring them), and performance bonds remain standard requirements; DBE, MBE, and local-vendor preferences apply in several jurisdictions.