UNSPSC 70141604: Herbicide services

UNSPSC 70141604 Herbicide services is a Commodity code covering the application, treatment, and supply of herbicides for vegetation management across state and local properties. State and local governments soliciting under this code are treating invasive and noxious weeds, managing roadsides, supporting land restoration, and controlling unwanted vegetation on highway rights-of-way, park lands, wetlands, and state forest properties. The work is performed by specialized contractors holding pesticide applicator licenses and ranges from hand-spray application on small acreage to aerial treatment of hundreds of acres. Issuing bodies include state departments of transportation, departments of agriculture and natural resources, water management districts, counties, and municipalities; California's Caltrans, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and Utah's Division of Wildlife Resources appear repeatedly in recent solicitations. Work scopes vary from pre-emergent and contact herbicide spraying on highway medians and rights-of-way to cut-stump treatment of invasive trees, manual ground clearing paired with herbicide application, and aerial broadcast treatment of large tracts infested with Sahara mustard, myrtle spurge, Brazilian pepper, or aquatic plants. Prevailing wage requirements apply in California when contract value exceeds $15,000; most states require applicators to hold current commercial pesticide applicator licenses with specific endorsements (natural areas, aquatic, or aerial categories) and to maintain workers' compensation and general liability insurance with $1 million per occurrence minimums.

Recent opportunities span California, Florida, Utah, Maryland, Arizona, and Georgia, with the most active volume in Florida and California. Caltrans issued IFB 11A4417 (posted June 17, 2026; due July 2, 2026) for hand-spray application of pre-emergent and contact herbicides across approximately 1,200 acres in San Diego County rights-of-way, with 5% small business preference and disabled veteran business enterprise incentive programs available, pricing on a per-acre basis, and a three-year term commencing August 1, 2026. The St. Johns River Water Management District issued RFQ 42281RFQ27 (posted June 12, 2026; due July 10, 2026; subsequently cancelled and to be resolicited) for vendor qualification to supply approximately 71 herbicide and adjuvant products to support its Invasive Plant Management Program, with an estimated three-year budget of $6 million. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has posted multiple ITBs for aerial and ground herbicide application at state forests, including treatment of cabbage palms at Picayune Strand (approximately 1,078 acres) and aerial treatment of invasive aquatic and riparian plants at Okaloacoochee Slough (approximately 2,863 acres), both awarding to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder on per-acre unit pricing. The State of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources issued multiple IFBs for myrtle spurge control across several hundred acres in canyons and conservation areas, with prices guaranteed for the entire contract and spot-spray methodology. Opportunities are heavily weighted toward competitive sealed bids (ITB) and invitations for bid (IFB), with response deadlines typically 20–45 days from posting and contract terms ranging from single-season projects to three-year or renewable agreements.