UNSPSC 25101601: Dump trucks

UNSPSC 25101601 Dump trucks, Commodity tier, is a high-activity code covering the procurement of new and used dump trucks—primarily single-axle and tandem-axle models for highway maintenance, material hauling, and snow-removal operations—by state transportation departments, counties, cities, and municipalities. State and local buyers are soliciting everything from bulk multi-unit fleet purchases (45 to 85 trucks) to single-truck replacements, often with integrated hydraulic systems for snowplows, spreaders, brooms, and other attachments. The Missouri Department of Transportation dominates recent activity, having posted multiple overlapping IFBs and RFPs for 2028 model-year dump trucks in three configurations (single-axle, tandem-axle, towplow) over a six-week period; these are multiple-award contracts with district-level specifications, cooperative purchasing provisions for counties and municipalities, and detailed bid evaluation weighting cost at 40–50 points against performance, parts support, and delivery timelines. Other recent solicitors include the Florida Department of Management Services (statewide medium and heavy truck ITB with multiple awards and a previous annual spend averaging $1.836 million), South Dakota DOT (turnkey paint-supply truck assembly), Riverside County California (pickup trucks with fuel storage), and the City of Bristol Connecticut (used dump truck procurement). Most opportunities specify firm fixed pricing in whole-dollar increments, FOB destination with freight prepaid, compliance with Buy American provisions where applicable, mandatory pre-delivery inspections, and liquidated damages for late delivery ranging from $50 to $100 per day per unit.

Recent opportunities concentrate in Missouri (the Missouri DOT FY27 statewide procurement cycle closing October 21, 2026 with a mandatory pre-bid teleconference on October 14, 2026), Florida (Florida DMS ITB 26-25101600 for medium and heavy trucks due October 27, 2026 with Q&A closing September 29, 2026 and Notice of Intent to Award anticipated November 10, 2026), and California (Riverside County RFBs for light-duty pickups with fuel storage and specialty configurations due November 6, 2026). Smaller procurements span Connecticut, Maryland, Michigan, South Dakota, and Kansas; the Kansas Turnpike Authority solicited twelve dump truck bodies for Freightliner 114SD chassis (RFQ 8270, closed July 6, 2026). A pattern of staggered reissues and amendments characterizes Missouri DOT's activity, reflecting frequent specification refinements and a multi-award strategy designed to leverage competitive pricing while ensuring regional parts and service availability. Most buyers require five-year/150,000-mile cab and chassis warranties and seven-year/150,000-mile/unlimited-hour engine warranties. Buy America compliance and domestic-content preferences appear consistently in federal-aid jurisdictions; cooperative purchasing provisions enabling local governments to purchase under awarded state contracts are common in Missouri and Florida procurements.