UNSPSC 27121801: Manhole cover lifters

UNSPSC 27121801 Manhole cover lifters is a Commodity code that covers lifting equipment and accessories used in subsurface infrastructure work, particularly manhole adjustment and frame-and-cover replacement operations. The recent opportunities block shows minimal direct activity under this code—a single substantive solicitation explicitly names manhole cover work. The Town of Trumbull Water Pollution Control Authority issued BID 6577 in May 2026, an on-call RFP for services to raise manhole frames and covers town-wide, with separate pricing for State Road and Town-owned road work, a two-year contract term from July 2026, and unit pricing based on estimated 20 adjustments on State Roads and 40 on Town roads. Most of the remaining opportunities in the block are tangentially related or unrelated: hand tools, HVAC and plumbing supplies, CNC training equipment, large lifting hooks for chains, and roadway rehabilitation work that incidentally includes manhole frame and cover installation. The issuing bodies span water authorities, county commissioners, state departments, municipalities, and special-purpose districts, with no single repeat buyer evident under this code specifically.

Geographic activity is sparse and scattered. Trumbull, Connecticut is the only jurisdiction with a direct manhole cover lifting solicitation. A broader roadway rehabilitation project in Torrington, Connecticut (City of Torrington, IFB CSR-027072926, due July 29, 2026) includes storm drainage installation with new manhole frames and covers as a line item within full-depth road reconstruction, but the code labeling appears incidental to the overall scope. The source does not support characterization of sustained regional concentration or repeated procurement activity under 27121801. Bidders evaluating this code should treat Trumbull's on-call contract as the most relevant recent signal; the scattered appearance of manhole work within larger infrastructure projects suggests this code sees activity primarily as a subordinate line item rather than as a primary procurement focus for state and local buyers.