UNSPSC 11111611: Gravel

UNSPSC 11111611 Gravel, a Commodity code, names granular fill and construction materials that state and local governments procure for parks, sports facilities, roadways, water infrastructure, airport operations, and coastal restoration. Recent solicitations show state and local bodies buying specialized sand products (golf course sands, filter media, top-dressing mixes), gravel and aggregate base materials (pit run, road base, crusher run, rip rap), fill dirt, and delivery-inclusive supply contracts. The code spans both one-time purchases and standing-supply frameworks where vendors deliver materials on an as-needed basis to multiple sites. Issuing bodies include state departments of transportation (Utah, Oregon, Texas, Colorado), county commissioners and boards of supervisors across Mississippi, Georgia, DeKalb County Georgia, Rankin County Mississippi, Pasco County Florida, and Orange County California, municipal public works and parks departments in cities such as Tupelo Mississippi, Palo Alto California, Austin Texas, Salt Lake City Utah, and Bernalillo County New Mexico, and specialized districts such as state park systems and water utilities. The Commonwealth of Kentucky Department of Parks is a repeat buyer of golf course and beach sand across multiple state resorts. Geographically, recent activity concentrates in Florida, Texas, California, Mississippi, Utah, Colorado, Kentucky, and Massachusetts, with additional solicitations from Wisconsin towns, Oregon, Connecticut, and Alaska.

Representative recent opportunities include the Commonwealth of Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet requesting bids for 585 tons of specialized golf course sand across nine state parks with an IFB deadline of July 29, 2026; the Texas Department of Transportation issuing an emergency IFB for 193 tons of flowable backfill for the Austin District with a response deadline of July 16, 2026; the City of Tupelo Mississippi requesting sealed bids for a 12-month supply of rip rap, gabion stone, crusher run, manufactured sand, fill sand, and clay gravel with a deadline of July 23, 2026; the City of Palo Alto Utilities Department issuing an RFQ for multiple material types totaling over 7,900 tons annually (clean sand, Class 3 permeable rock, Class 2 aggregate base, drain rock, pea gravel) under a blanket purchase order with a response date of April 7, 2026; Bernalillo County issuing an RFB for gravel and landscaping materials across 35 line items with delivery to parks and recreation sites, due June 3, 2026; and the Berkshire Regional Group Purchasing Program in Massachusetts soliciting cooperative bids for aggregates and loam across 32 municipalities with a deadline of April 2, 2026. Opportunities range from small one-time municipal fill orders to large regional cooperative procurements and multiyear standing-supply contracts with price escalation provisions, and many include local vendor preferences, Kentucky resident bidder preferences, or cooperative purchasing set-asides where applicable.