UNSPSC 25130000: Aircraft

UNSPSC 25130000 Aircraft is a Family code under which state and local governments procure aerial application services for habitat management and seeding, aircraft acquisition for training programs, flight simulation systems for law enforcement training, and hangar leasing. The recent activity reflects a sharp skew toward agricultural aerial services—herbicide application and seeding operations—rather than aircraft purchase or ownership. Utah's Division of Purchasing, conducting on behalf of the Division of Wildlife Resources, dominates the recent solicitation stream with RFQs and IFBs for cheatgrass control and post-fire habitat restoration across multiple counties; these are priced per acre and awarded to the lowest responsive bidder under objective criteria. Auburn University's School of Aviation and Salt Lake Community College have issued single-award solicitations for aircraft acquisition (three 2026 Piper Seminole aircraft for multi-engine flight instruction and two non-running Pratt & Whitney JT15D engines for technical training, respectively), while the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County is pursuing a multi-round RFP for a dual-seat Airbus H125 flight simulator system for police aviation training. The Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority (Pennsylvania) posted an RFP to lease hangar space at Capital City Executive Airport. A police trade-in solicitation from Columbus Consolidated Government (firearms-for-aircraft-swap) is nominally coded here but involves no actual aircraft procurement.

State and local activity concentrates in Utah and Alabama, with secondary activity in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Georgia. Utah leads by volume: the State Division of Purchasing has issued RFQs and IFBs for aerial herbicide application and seeding across Daggett, Iron, Sevier, Tooele, Juab, Utah, and Garfield Counties from May through October 2026, with contract values ranging from approximately $12,610 (SafeChem Pest Control, Ibapah-Clifton Flat seeding at $6.48/acre) to $35,980 (AeroAG Solutions LLC, Wood West II multispectral survey and herbicide). Auburn University's Piper Seminole acquisition (RFB AU20260001040, sealed bids due September 30, 2026) and Nashville's H125 simulator RFP (GG000099, proposals due September 24, 2026 with evaluation milestone October 5 and intended award by October 12) represent the larger capital procurements. The salt Lake Community College JT15D engines solicitation (SLCC2026B1016, bids due June 5, 2026) closed in June. Most Utah aerial-service contracts specify performance completion windows between September and December 2026, with per-acre pricing that ranges from $6.48 to $19.55 depending on scope (seeding, herbicide, multispectral survey), acreage treated, and bidder capability. Evaluation is uniformly cost-driven; no set-asides or local preferences appear in the Utah procurements, and vendors must guarantee pricing for the full project term with no fuel surcharges permitted.