UNSPSC 93141905: Agricultural research services

UNSPSC 93141905 Agricultural research services (Commodity) covers a narrow scope in state and local procurement that diverges significantly from what is actually being solicited. Recent opportunities tagged to this code show minimal connection to agricultural research proper; instead, they span agricultural land leasing for habitat management, vegetation management software deployment, farm-to-school strategic planning, irrigation system maintenance, public works assessment, and goat-browsing pilot programs. The code's nominal category—research into agricultural production methods, crop science, or agronomic analysis—does not match the operational and service-delivery work state and local governments are buying right now under this tag. Issuing bodies include county flood-control agencies, municipal governments, state agricultural departments, and county parks departments, reflecting a fragmented mix of uses rather than a cohesive service family. The one opportunity with explicit research content is the Texas Department of Agriculture's Texas Farm to School and Early Care Strategic Plan (RFP 5510000628, responses due September 8, 2026), which calls for environmental scans, root cause analyses, strategic assessment, and implementation planning with mandatory VetHUB subcontracting plan and DEI attestation requirements.

Recent activity is geographically scattered across California (Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency agricultural leases in the Natomas Basin, RFP 2026-002, responses due September 18, 2026), Florida (Leon County vegetation management SaaS, due October 13, 2026), Texas (TDA farm-to-school plan), Georgia (Columbus Consolidated Government irrigation maintenance, RFP No. 27-0010, due September 30, 2026; City of College Park public works assessment RFI, due August 7, 2026), and Colorado (Boulder County Parks and Open Space goat-browsing pilot for wildfire and weed mitigation, RFP-288-26, mandatory pre-proposal meeting May 18, 2026, proposals due May 28, 2026). The code shows little focused recent activity that maps to traditional agricultural research; the opportunities appear to be misclassified or assigned by procurement offices applying this code to agricultural operational services and planning work that falls outside its intended commodity scope.