UNSPSC 71161310: Canal works maintenance services

Maintenance is usually performed on canal systems. The work involves cleaning, weeding, de-silting, reshaping, and making minor repairs.

UNSPSC 71161310 Canal works maintenance services, a Commodity code, encompasses vegetation removal, cleaning, ditch maintenance, debris clearance, and bank stabilization work on water conveyance infrastructure — canals, roadside ditches, swales, channels, and stormwater management features across municipalities and special-purpose districts. State and local governments procure this work primarily through ITBs and RFPs issued by county boards of commissioners, school districts, flood control authorities, and municipal departments managing drainage and water management systems. The scope includes large-equipment mowing (Menzi and Spyder slope mowers), brush and tree trimming, silt and debris removal, herbicide application by licensed applicators, grading, and bank stabilization, with work often performed on unit-cost or lump-sum pricing across dozens to hundreds of service instances annually. Contracts typically span one to three years with renewal options and annual CPI-U adjustment provisions.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida, Georgia, Texas, and Mississippi. Pinellas County School District (two separate solicitations in August and September 2026) requested bids for retention pond and ditch maintenance across 140 facilities, estimated at approximately $450,000 annually. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners issued ITB 26-00431 on September 24, 2026 for canals, roadside ditches, and off-system mowing across hundreds of miles of infrastructure, with estimated three-year value of $385,950 and bids due October 15, 2026. The City of Palm Bay, Florida (May 2026) solicited canal clearing for 8,851 linear feet across eight designated waterways under re-bid ITB #26-ITB-26, due June 23, 2026. Harris County Flood Control District issued two separate ITBs — Project ID Z100-00-00-X381 (June 2026) covering seven channels and bayous with one-year term beginning October 2026, and Project ID Z100-00-00-X379 (September 2026) for repairs to six reservoirs and creeks, due October 19, 2026. The City of Tampa (July 2026) requested bids for ditch re-grading and restoration under ITB 25-P-00195 with $300,000 budget and WMBE/SLBE participation requirements. Smaller county-level projects in Mississippi (Grenada and Calhoun Counties) and Georgia (City of Donalsonville) address bank stabilization and drainage improvements through sealed bidding, typically without published contract values.