UNSPSC 71131415: Pipeline flow assurance services

Flow assurance

UNSPSC 71131415 Pipeline flow assurance services is a Commodity code covering water and wastewater infrastructure construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance services that state and local governments solicit through competitive IFBs and RFPs. Recent opportunities show municipalities, counties, and utility commissions buying trenchless pipe rehabilitation (CIPP and spincast lining), water-main replacement and extension (ductile iron pipe, PVC, and copper tubing installations), vactor and hydro-jetting services for sewer and storm-drain cleaning, natural gas pipeline construction, and park irrigation system upgrades. Issuing bodies span cities (Phoenix, Atlanta, Fort Worth, Lubbock, Albany, DeBary), counties (Paulding County Georgia, Jones County Georgia, Orange County Florida), utility commissions (Waterford Connecticut), and special-purpose water authorities (Texas Water Development Board). Most recent solicitations are ITBs or IFBs; some are RFPs for design or program-management services bundled with construction. Prevailing wage and bonding requirements are standard; Connecticut work carries a 25 percent small and minority-owned business set-aside for state-funded portions, while Phoenix's vactor contract requires DBE-Neutral compliance and good-faith subcontracting participation reporting.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast (Florida, Georgia, Connecticut) and Southwest (Texas, Arizona), with recent solicitations from Orange County and Paulding County Georgia, the Town of Waterford Connecticut, and the cities of Phoenix, Atlanta, Fort Worth, and Lubbock. Representative opportunities include the City of Phoenix five-year vactor-services requirements contract (IFB-27-0462, due October 19, 2026) for vacuum truck, jet rodding, hydro-blasting, and submersible pump services across water and wastewater treatment plants; Paulding County Georgia's Macland Road water-main replacement project (bids due September 18, 2026) installing 1,199 linear feet of 16-inch ductile iron pipe and 234 linear feet of 24-inch steel casing; the City of Alpharetta on-call pipe lining RFP (RFP 26-115, due May 28, 2026) for CIPP and spincast rehabilitation of 500-plus storm drainage pipes 12 to 120 inches in diameter; and the Town of Waterford Connecticut copper water-service replacement IFB (IFB #26-014, due November 12, 2026) under a 25 percent subcontractor set-aside for DAS-certified small and minority-owned businesses.