UNSPSC 70131503: Erosion control services

UNSPSC 70131503 Erosion control services (Commodity) encompasses the stabilization and protection of soil, slopes, banks, and streamside areas against erosion through physical structures, vegetation establishment, and sediment control measures. State and local governments procure erosion control as a component of broader civil works—stream restoration, roadway construction, airport rehabilitation, coastal defense, landfill management, and site remediation—rather than as standalone contracts. The code captures in-stream structures (riprap, gabion walls, check dams, Zeedyk-style devices), bank stabilization (turf reinforcement matting, articulating concrete blocks, grout repair), temporary controls (silt fence, sediment traps, dewatering), and permanent seeding or vegetation work. Issuing bodies span state departments (Florida DEP, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Texas General Land Office, Sacramento County), county commissions (Charles County Maryland, Bulloch County Georgia, Gwinnett County Georgia, Turner County Georgia, Seminole County Florida), cities (Fort Worth, Olathe, Casselberry, Perry, Bostwick, Cedar Park, San Antonio, Charlotte), airport authorities (Turner County Airport, Greater Orlando Aviation Authority), special districts (Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, Atlanta BeltLine, Maryland Environmental Service), and school districts (Pinellas County). Repeat buyers are evident in Fort Worth, which has issued multiple asphalt and concrete contracts incorporating erosion control as a mandatory scope item.

Geographic concentration appears heaviest in Texas (Fort Worth, San Antonio, Olathe Kansas, Cedar Park) and the Southeast (Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Carolinas), with secondary activity in Utah and California. Representative recent opportunities include Charles County Maryland's NPDES Oak Ridge Park East Stream Restoration (ITB 27009, sealed bids October 13, 2026, $1.4 million stream restoration with bank stabilization and sediment control), Turner County Georgia's Airport Apron Rehabilitation (ITB PE77126NONST2027000000010, sealed bids November 17, 2026, mill-and-inlay with erosion control and asphalt paving), the City of Olathe Kansas Streambank Stabilization project (ITB 5C00926, sealed bids September 9, 2026, riprap placement and turf reinforcement matting), and Fort Worth's multiple asphalt and concrete restoration contracts (260282, 260299, 260301, 260304, 260306) each incorporating erosion control as part of infrastructure rehabilitation, all responding through Bonfire e-procurement portals with prequalification mandates and small business goals typically ranging 30 percent. Erosion control work is active year-round but concentrates around infrastructure capital projects and seasonal wet-weather mitigation programs.