UNSPSC 11110000: Earth and stone

UNSPSC 11110000 Earth and stone (Family) encompasses the supply and delivery of raw and processed earth materials — aggregates, gravels, sands, loam, stone, and crushed rock — that state and local governments use for road base, site preparation, landfill cover, parking-area repair, dike reinforcement, and landscape restoration. Recent solicitations show a steady stream of as-needed and project-specific purchases across transportation departments, public works agencies, water utilities, county environmental services, and municipal grounds-maintenance divisions, with quantities ranging from a few hundred tons for small parking-lot repairs to hundreds of thousands of cubic yards for landfill operations and major infrastructure projects.

Activity is spread across multiple states and regions, with recent procurement concentrated in the Northeast (Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland), Florida, California, Texas, and the Mountain West (Utah, Colorado). The issuing-body mix is diverse: county departments of public works, municipal highway departments, state divisions of transportation and environmental services, water and sewer commissions, and special districts. Collier County (Florida) has issued multiple transit-related procurements in the past month, including a major fuel-station expansion tender. Representative recent opportunities include the Massachusetts Department of Transportation's BD26 Materials Bid for cement blocks, gravel, loam, mulch, and asphalt products (bids due July 23, 2026); the Town of Wilbraham Department of Public Works' request for stone, gravel, and drainage materials under a rebid structure with separate line-item contracts (due June 11, 2026); Maryland Environmental Service's solicitation for up to 450,000 cubic yards of landfill cover soil delivery to Brown Station Road and the Barger Tract in Upper Marlboro (due July 15, 2026); and the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission's IFB for sand, loam, stone, and gravel with a geographic eligibility filter limiting vendors to a 10-mile radius of Springfield, Massachusetts (due July 14, 2026). Most contracts are awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder on a unit-price or firm-price basis, with multi-year or renewable terms common for highway departments and utilities managing ongoing maintenance cycles.