UNSPSC 20121500: Conventional drilling tools

UNSPSC 20121500 Conventional drilling tools is a Class code that encompasses equipment and services for subsurface exploration, soil sampling, and foundation testing work. State and local governments procuring under this code buy drilling rigs, auger systems, sampling equipment, and related subsurface exploration services for transportation departments, environmental agencies, and municipal sustainability programs. The issuing bodies span state departments of transportation, city environmental divisions, and cooperative purchasing vehicles serving multiple jurisdictions. Recent solicitations show demand for specialized drilling rigs capable of performing boring, shelby tube sampling, standard penetration testing, coring, and rotary drilling applications, as well as gas extraction and removal services tied to drilling-adjacent environmental work.

Florida and Arizona have posted recent activity under the code. The Florida Department of Transportation issued a sole-source notice on August 27, 2026 for a self-contained boring and subsurface exploration drill rig mounted on a Freightliner truck with hollow-stem auger capability, measurement-while-drilling systems, and hydraulic equipment for the State Materials Office, with an estimated purchase price of $574,195 and delivery in Leon County, Florida. The City of Tucson Environmental and General Services Division posted RFP No. 240011 on September 30, 2026 for EPA-certified refrigerant reclamation services at the Los Reales Sustainability Campus, with responses due September 19, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. Arizona time; the one-year initial term includes potential for up to four one-year renewals and references FTA Terms and Conditions with DBE provisions. A Sourcewell cooperative purchasing RFP for law enforcement equipment (RFP #061626, due June 16, 2026) serves multiple Washington counties and broader public entities but represents tangential rather than core drilling-tool procurement activity.