UNSPSC 70131701: Land use planning

UNSPSC 70131701 Land use planning (Commodity) encompasses professional consulting services for comprehensive land-use studies, master planning, feasibility assessments, and strategic planning analyses that municipalities, counties, regional authorities, and special-purpose districts use to guide development, redevelopment, and infrastructure decisions. State and local governments solicit landscape architecture, planning design, environmental site assessments, and supporting technical analyses—including market studies, alternative land-use scenarios, zoning frameworks, and development-financing perspectives—to inform General Plans, civic campus strategies, and neighborhood revitalization initiatives. Issuing bodies include city planning departments and consolidated governments (Orlando, West Jordan, College Park, Athens-Clarke County, Torrington), county commissions (Henry County), regional councils and councils of government (Wasatch Front Regional Council, Mountainland Association of Governments), university systems (Texas A&M), and airport authorities (John Wayne Airport, Athens-Ben Epps Airport). Qualifying consultants typically hold professional registration (PE, AICP, or equivalent landscape architecture licensure in Florida), demonstrate prior experience with similar planning and design studies, and maintain professional liability and comprehensive general liability insurance.

The most recent activity clusters in Florida, Utah, Georgia, and Oregon, with representative opportunities including the City of West Jordan's comprehensive Land Use Study for the Civic Campus (RFP, proposals due July 16, 2026), the Wasatch Front Regional Council and Mountainland Association of Governments' prequalified consultant pool for nine planning categories and two model development categories across 2026–2028 (qualifications-based selection, SOQs due November 19, 2026), the City of Orlando's continuing landscape architecture and planning design services (RQS26-0381, qualifications due June 4, 2026), and the City of Salem's natural resources restoration and management across six service categories (RFP 267049, proposals due June 19, 2026). A secondary thread of park planning and design appears in the City of Casselberry's continuing professional services for park planning and design (continuing contract, qualifications submitted in 2018 with four prequalified firms), and airport commercial consulting surfaces in Orange County's John Wayne Airport's five-year task order pool for strategic planning, financial services, airline agreements, and concession consulting (RFP, proposals due June 17, 2025, with August 1, 2025 contract start). Most solicitations use qualifications-based selection or two-phase evaluation emphasizing demonstrated experience, technical capability, relevant projects, and key personnel qualifications; cost is negotiated post-award or scored as a minor factor. Evaluation typically runs 60–120 days from closing to award notification.