UNSPSC 70171800: Drainage services

UNSPSC 70171800 Drainage services is a Class code encompassing stormwater collection, conveyance, treatment, and related water management infrastructure that state and local governments procure through design, construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation contracts. The code captures the full project lifecycle: from engineering assessment and permitting through final installation and ongoing operational support across municipal stormwater systems, detention and retention ponds, catch basins, culverts, pump stations, and flood mitigation infrastructure. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code span city public works departments, county commissioners, independent school districts, water reclamation authorities, and regional planning councils. Recent activity shows a mix of design-phase engineering services contracts (RFQs and RFPs for preliminary and final design), construction-phase work (IFBs and sealed bids for installation and rehabilitation), and on-call continuing-services arrangements with engineering consultants. Florida municipalities and counties dominate the recent opportunity set, with notable activity also in Massachusetts, Georgia, Connecticut, California, and Arizona. A representative cross-section includes the City of Casselberry's SOQ for stormwater and lakes management consulting under Florida's Consultants' Competitive Negotiation Act (four intended awardees named in March 2019, five-year term with two one-year renewals, lump-sum design fees capped at $200,000 per project); the City of Orlando's RQS26-0612 for drainwell replacement and relocation design services funded through Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (statement deadline October 14, 2026); Collier County's RFP for Lake Park Boulevard stormwater infrastructure and flow way restoration design (proposal due November 10, 2026); and the Town of Fairfield's ITB 2027-16 for storm sewer repair and replacement (proposals due October 14 and October 21, 2026). Work is commonly grant-funded (Clean Water State Revolving Fund, FEMA HMGP, CDBG-DR, EPA), subject to prevailing-wage compliance, and evaluated on technical qualifications, past performance, and schedule/budget adherence.

Recent opportunities span a geographic breadth grounded primarily in Florida (Casselberry, Orlando, Collier County, Sarasota County, Altamonte Springs, Tallahassee), Massachusetts (Brockton, Melrose, Fairfield), Georgia (Statesboro, Perry, Demorest, Atlanta), and Connecticut (Stamford). Secondary activity appears in Arizona (Phoenix vactor services), California (Orange County LID maintenance), New Hampshire (Nashua sewer flow monitoring), New Mexico (Santa Fe airport drainage), Ohio (Hamilton County WWTP), Oregon (City of Bend drainage study), Texas (Brazos River Authority dam assessment, Dallas infrastructure needs assessment, Galveston County mitigation planning), South Carolina (Greenville County Merrifield Park), and Massachusetts regional consortia (Metro West public works). The code also captures specialty work such as irrigation controller upgrades (Georgia World Congress Center), landscape and irrigation services (Hillsborough County Schools ITB, Clackamas County vegetation maintenance), and emerging technology procurement (Hillsborough County flood forecasting system, Nashua sewer flow monitoring). Procurement timelines cluster around fall 2026 and early 2027, with many responses due in October and November. Set-asides and preferences vary by issuer: Florida's CCNA process emphasizes qualifications-based selection with minority business enterprise consideration; federal-aid and grant-funded projects typically include DBE participation goals or compliance thresholds; local-vendor preferences appear in select Florida and Georgia jurisdictions. The code is active and broad-based, reflecting sustained municipal investment in stormwater resilience and flood mitigation.