UNSPSC 73181022: Spraying services

UNSPSC 73181022 Spraying services is a Commodity code that captures state and local government purchases of pest control application services—including mosquito control, general pest management, herbicide application, and wildlife removal across municipal facilities, county properties, transit systems, and school districts. Recent solicitations show a diverse portfolio spanning residential pest control, industrial facility management, landscape maintenance, and specialized services such as aerial mosquito spraying and termite treatment, with work organized around facility types, frequency of service, and geographic coverage areas rather than a single standardized delivery model.

The issuing bodies soliciting under this code span the full range of state and local jurisdictions. County governments dominate recent activity—Hillsborough County (Florida), Volusia County (Florida), Harris County (Texas), Collier County (Florida), Gwinnett County (Georgia), Cobb County (Georgia), Sarasota County (Florida), Clay County (Florida), and Brevard County (Florida) are all posting competitive procurements for pest control and mosquito management services. Municipal governments from Tampa to Phoenix to Tucson to Olathe are similarly active. State agencies—the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, the New Jersey Department of the Treasury, and the Georgia Department of Education (through middle and regional universities)—are regular buyers. School districts and housing authorities including Valencia College, Midland Public Schools, Boulder County Housing Authority, and individual city housing departments round out the mix. Repeat buyers include Hillsborough County (three separate solicitations in the dataset: general pest control ITB2600145, mosquito control ITB2600311 and ITB2600227, and Gambusia holbrooki supply ITB2600227) and the Texas HHSC (three procurements for specialized mosquito aerial spray, San Angelo SSLC pest control, and Abilene SSLC pest control).

The work being solicited under the code falls into five concrete categories. General facility pest control—roaches, ants, silverfish, spiders, rodents, bed bugs—dominates and is typically bid as monthly or quarterly service contracts covering administrative buildings, courthouses, fire stations, police facilities, water treatment plants, and parks across a municipality or county. Mosquito control, increasingly prominent in the recent dataset, encompasses ground-based ULV spraying, aerial application, larval site surveillance using dip sampling and light traps, and increasingly integrated mosquito management (IMM) programs combining surveillance, breeding site elimination, and chemical control; the Hillsborough County ITB2600311 for aerial and ground mosquito control spraying ($2.756 million over three years) and the Texas HHSC statewide aerial spray IFB (historical five-year value $2.25 million) illustrate the scale and complexity of these programs. Specialized services—termite treatment and bonding, bed bug detection and treatment (including canine detection), wildlife and bee removal, and rodent management at airports or farms—represent discrete high-value opportunities. Herbicide and landscape pest management, often bundled with grounds maintenance, target outdoor areas including parks, athletic fields, rights-of-way, and invasive plant control on solid waste properties. Finally, emerging technologies such as the Tabula Mosquito Control Platform (Hillsborough County sole-source award, $39,000 net after discount) and sterile insect releases (Brevard County Aedes aegypti weekly shipments, $94,000 annually) signal innovation in pest control methodology.

Geographic spread is national and densely concentrated in Florida. The dataset identifies active procurements in Florida (Hillsborough, Volusia, Brevard, Pinellas, Sarasota, Clay, Collier, and Orange counties; Tampa, Orlando, Ocala, Winter Park, and Pembroke Pines municipalities), Texas (Harris County, Abilene, San Angelo, and statewide HHSC), Georgia (Gwinnett, Cobb, DeKalb, and Columbus State University), and scattered activity in Arizona, Kansas, California, Michigan, Colorado, and New Jersey. Florida's regulatory environment (Florida Statute 482.071 on pest control licensing, Chapter 388 on mosquito control), year-round pest pressure, and extensive local government footprint make it the dominant market, with Texas a close second driven by state health agency emergency-response contracting and county mosquito control programs.

Representative recent opportunities illustrate the range. The City of Tampa RFQ 26-P-00436 (due July 22, 2026) seeks wildlife removal and prevention at 100 locations for one year with monthly lump-sum pricing and detailed chemical tracking. The City of Phoenix Water Services IFB-27-0400 (due July 30, 2026) solicits roach treatment for approximately 100,000 manholes and 8,000 cleanouts across a five-year term using a specified insecticide (INSECTA EPA #45600-1), with a mandatory pre-offer conference July 17, 2026. The Texas HHSC HHS0017680 (due July 23, 2026) covers pest management at the San Angelo State Supported Living Center—494,653 square feet interior and 57 acres exterior—with a three-year firm-fixed term beginning September 1, 2026, and monthly plus as-needed service pricing. Hillsborough County ITB2600311 (due July 20, 2026, estimated value $2.756 million) seeks aerial and ground mosquito spraying with three-year term, four-truck minimum staffing requirements during active season, and CPI-U pricing adjustments. The City of South Fulton RFP PE66020NONST2027000000099 (due August 4, 2026) requests citywide pest control across 29 facilities (398,000 square feet) with one-year term and up to three renewal years, structured as monthly lump-sum by facility type plus emergency and corrective response rates. The New Jersey statewide T3156 (due May 7, 2026) allocates 163 price lines across residential, non-residential, and vehicle services in three regions, structured as hourly rates for inspection and treatment plus specialized pricing for termite work, with up to eighteen contract awards (primary and secondary per region and category) on a three-year base plus optional extensions.