UNSPSC 70171701: Canal maintenance or management services

UNSPSC 70171701 Canal maintenance or management services is a Commodity code that encompasses the clearing, ditch and canal cleaning, erosion control, stabilization, and repair work that state and local governments procure to maintain drainage and flood-control infrastructure. State and local buyers under this code include county flood control districts, municipalities, county boards of commissioners, state environmental departments, water and sewer authorities, and regional transit and parks agencies. Recent solicitations show work spanning vegetation removal and herbicide treatment, channel erosion and slope failure repairs, sediment removal and riprap installation, concrete channel lining repair and replacement, pipe replacement, headwall and outfall structure removal and installation, bank stabilization and bioengineered restoration, and routine maintenance of thousands of linear feet of canal and ditch networks. Harris County Flood Control District, Hillsborough County (Florida), and the City of Palm Bay (Florida) appear as repeat buyers, while Monroe County (Florida), Santa Clara County (California), Sarasota County (Florida), and the City of Fort Myers (Florida) have also posted opportunities under this code recently.

The code sees active procurement primarily across Florida, Texas, and California. Representative recent opportunities include Harris County Flood Control District's ITB for General Watershed Repairs to Channels spanning the San Jacinto River, Luce Bayou, Jackson Bayou, Cedar Bayou, Spring Gully and Goose Creek, Carpenters Bayou, and Greens Bayou (ITB 260211, due July 20, 2026); Hillsborough County's ITB for Roadside Ditch and Canal Cleaning Maintenance Services estimated at $2,847,500.00 over three years (ITB-26-00204, closed April 2, 2026); the City of Palm Bay's ITB for Canal Clearing across eight designated canal segments totaling 8,851 linear feet (ITB 26-ITB-26, due March 31, 2026); Sarasota County's IFB for Canal and Drainage Maintenance covering approximately 1,073,045 linear feet across four zones with an anticipated three-year term (IFB #262842AMS, closed May 18, 2026); Harris County Flood Control District's ITB for Channel Erosion Repairs for Rolling Fork requiring OSHA 10/30 certification and M/WBE participation (ITB 260054, closed March 16, 2026); and Monroe County's RFQ for Old Marathon Tax Collector Seawall Stabilization requiring Davis-Bacon compliance and federal permit coordination (RFS636, due July 15, 2026).