UNSPSC 20111622: Reverse circulation drill

A type of drilling rig that crushes base rock by attaching a special roller bit to the drill rod block section, and discharges crushed excavated soil to the surface by sucking the circulation water and crushed rock with a vacuum pump through the drill rod pipe.

UNSPSC 20111622 Reverse circulation drill is a Commodity code representing specialized drilling equipment, though recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows minimal relevant solicitation volume. The single recent opportunity posted under this code—Sourcewell's RFP #061626, issued May 12, 2026 with a response deadline of June 16, 2026—is for law enforcement equipment broadly, not drilling equipment. The solicitation does not specify reverse circulation drills or geotechnical, environmental, or drilling-related services as line items, and the framing as law enforcement equipment suggests the tagging may reflect a catalog or miscategorization rather than actual procurement intent aligned with the code's nominal scope.

Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government unit and service cooperative, is managing the procurement on behalf of a multi-state cooperative purchasing group that includes Washington counties (Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, and Yakima) and participating entities throughout the United States and Canada. The resulting contract is intended to serve governmental agencies, higher education institutions, school districts, nonprofit organizations, tribal governments, and other public entities accessing Sourcewell's framework agreement. However, without explicit identification of drilling equipment or reverse circulation drill products in the available solicitation materials, this code shows no clear recent activity aligned with its primary commodity scope. Business development professionals evaluating this code should verify whether state and local procurement offices are actually sourcing reverse circulation drills under this UNSPSC designation or whether drilling-equipment purchases are being categorized elsewhere.