UNSPSC 22101516: Ditchers

UNSPSC 22101516 Ditchers is a Commodity code that covers equipment and machinery used for digging, trenching, and excavation in construction and infrastructure repair. State and local governments procure ditchers and related excavation equipment to support water and wastewater main installation and rehabilitation, drainage system repair, utility conduit placement, and roadway construction. Recent solicitations show a mix of direct equipment purchases alongside procurement for on-call trenching and excavation services that use such equipment as part of broader infrastructure work. Issuing bodies include city governments, county public works and utility departments, transit and airport authorities, and regional special districts. The City of Brownsville, City of Dallas, Dallas County, Santa Clara County, Pinellas County, and TxDOT appear as recent buyers; activity spans state departments, municipal utilities, counties, and special-purpose districts.

Activity concentrates in Texas, Florida, Georgia, and California. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Brownsville's IFB for bore and trenching on-call services (due June 16, 2026), which establishes a three-year contract with optional one-year renewals for timely, efficient bore and trenching support on a unit-rate, as-needed basis; Dallas County's water and wastewater main replacement solicitation (due May 7, 2026), encompassing approximately 14,000 linear feet of water distribution and wastewater infrastructure work; and TxDOT's acquisition of a trailer-mounted vacuum excavator (due April 24, 2026). Pinellas County's Federal Open Channel Drainage Repair Work Order Contract (ITB-C, Step 1 due September 24, 2026) represents a multi-project work order vehicle with over 150 pricing line items including sediment control, removal, culvert installation, erosion control matting, and dewatering work across open channel systems in Florida. Santa Clara County's Central Expressway Pavement Rehabilitation Project (ITB, due May 21, 2026) includes partial depth recycling, asphalt overlay, curb installation, sidewalk replacement, and bioretention basin installation on a 142 working-day schedule.