UNSPSC 25111526: Drill ship

A ship equipped with facilities for drilling and collecting oil, natural gas and other sub sea and sub surface mineral liquids.

UNSPSC 25111526 Drill ship is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominally describes drilling vessels, but the recent opportunities posted under this classification do not align with that scope. Instead, the tagged solicitations cover law enforcement equipment (a Sourcewell cooperative purchasing vehicle), marine patrol outboard motors (Chatham County, Georgia), and specialized vessels for oil spill response and electrofishing operations (Texas General Land Office and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife). These opportunities involve small craft, not drill ships, and reflect state agency procurement of marine equipment for environmental management and public safety rather than any drilling-related work. The mismatch between the code's nominal definition and the actual work being solicited suggests either a tagging error by the issuing bodies or that this code is not the appropriate classification for the state and local opportunities currently flowing through procurement channels.

The geographic spread is limited to Texas, Georgia, and Oregon based on recent postings, with no pattern of repeated activity under this code across multiple jurisdictions. The Texas General Land Office issued two separate RFPs for crane barge vessels (solicitation 7402-MK, due April 16, 2026), the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife posted a sole-source notice for an electrofishing vessel from Smith Root Incorporated valued at $155,000 (protest deadline February 2, 2026), and Chatham County issued a competitive bid for two Mercury outboard motors (due May 4, 2026). None of these procurements are drill ships. Given the absence of coherent drilling-vessel activity and the prevalence of misclassified opportunities, this code warrants a skip unless your firm has specific capability in marine environmental or public-safety vessel construction and can clarify whether state or local agencies are actively seeking that work under a different code path.