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 is a Commodity code covering vegetation removal, ditch and channel cleaning, erosion repair, and slope stabilization work on waterways and drainage systems that state and local governments buy to maintain navigable channels, prevent flooding, and preserve embankment integrity. State and local buyers—primarily county flood control districts, municipalities, and county commissioners—use this code to solicit routine maintenance and emergency repairs on canals, creeks, ditches, swales, and channels. The work includes clearing vegetation from canal flats and slopes, treating tree stumps with herbicide, removing sediment and debris, repairing erosion and slope failure, installing riprap and channel linings, and restoring drainage flow. Issuing bodies range from dedicated flood control districts (Harris County Flood Control District in Texas, Hillsborough County in Florida) to municipal public works and transportation departments (City of Palm Bay, City of Decatur) to county commissioners' offices managing roadside and drainage infrastructure. Harris County entities—particularly the Harris County Flood Control District and Harris County Precinct offices—appear repeatedly across recent solicitations.

Activity concentrates in Texas and Florida, with secondary activity in Georgia and California. Representative recent solicitations include Harris County Flood Control District's ITB for General Watershed Repairs to seven waterways (San Jacinto River, Luce Bayou, Jackson Bayou, Cedar Bayou, Spring Gully and Goose Creek, Carpenters Bayou, and Greens Bayou), bids due July 20, 2026, under a one-year contract beginning October 1, 2026; Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' three-year ITB-26-00204 for roadside ditch and canal cleaning maintenance services estimated at $2,847,500, bids due April 2, 2026, covering hundreds of miles of ditches and canals across Hillsborough County; City of Palm Bay's ITB for canal clearing on eight designated canal segments totaling 8,851 linear feet (vegetation removal and herbicide treatment), bids due July 20, 2026 (re-bid of earlier March 31 deadline); Harris County Precinct 4's federally-funded FEMA ITB for drainage improvements in Bear Creek Village Subdivision, bids due April 13, 2026, with a 25.62 percent M/WBE participation goal; and Harris County Flood Control District's ITB for channel erosion repairs on Rolling Fork (Project ID E125-00-00-X011), bids due March 16, 2026, with M/WBE utilization requirements. Most solicitations specify prevailing wage or minimum-wage compliance (Harris County $21.65 per hour minimum), OSHA 10/30 certification, comprehensive insurance (general liability $1–$2 million, workers' compensation), and performance/payment bonds. M/WBE and HUB participation goals appear consistently in Harris County and Broward County procurements. Activity remains steady through mid-2026, with multiple concurrent solicitations suggesting sustained demand for channel and drainage maintenance.