UNSPSC 27111509: Augers

UNSPSC 27111509 Augers is a Commodity code that encompasses grain augers, rotary auger units for excavation and soil boring, and related equipment used in agricultural operations, infrastructure maintenance, and site work. State and local governments procure augers primarily for correctional-facility farming operations, transportation-department equipment fleets, and municipal public-works activities. The recent opportunities show augers as both standalone capital equipment acquisitions (typically through sealed-bid IFB or RFB processes) and as subordinate components within larger infrastructure projects that incorporate site preparation, excavation, and utility work. Issuing bodies include state departments of transportation and corrections, county boards of county commissioners, and regional transit authorities. The Commonwealth of Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet (on behalf of the Department of Corrections) and the Missouri Department of Transportation have solicited under the code within the past four months.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast and Midwest. The Commonwealth of Kentucky issued two consecutive sealed-bid RFBs for two specific Westfield grain auger models (WRX80-61 SD 8-inch and MKX21073 10-inch) for the Western Kentucky Correctional Complex Correctional Industries Farm in Fredonia, with bids due July 24, 2026, using best-value evaluation (90 points pricing, 10 points delivery time) and offering Kentucky resident and qualified-bidder preferences of up to 20 percent and 15 percent respectively. The Missouri Department of Transportation Southeast District conducted a sole-source procurement for one flat-bed rear-mounted long-boom Tasmanian Digger rotary auger unit and associated replacement parts through Accent Sales and Service Company, with responses due May 19, 2026 and a contract term from Notice of Award through one year with up to two one-year renewal options. Both solicitations required proof of commercial general liability insurance ($1 million per occurrence minimum) and registration in state electronic procurement systems. Neither solicitation identified a set-aside designation for disadvantaged enterprises.