UNSPSC 72141000: Highway and road construction services

The buildingand repair of highways and streets owned by others

UNSPSC 72141000 Highway and road construction services is a Class code encompassing the full range of road, bridge, and intersection improvements that state and local governments solicit regularly. Recent opportunities across the code show cities, counties, and state departments buying concrete and asphalt pavement work, bridge construction and replacement, drainage and culvert installation, retaining wall repair, turn-lane and intersection improvements, sidewalk and curb-and-gutter work, traffic signal and illumination installation, striping and signing, right-of-way adjustments, and landscape restoration. The issuing-body mix is broad: state departments of transportation (Texas, California), county road departments (Williamson, Harris, Cook, Nueces, Potter, King, and others across Texas), municipal engineering divisions (Draper City, City of Gallup, City of Brownsville), county flood control and infrastructure agencies (Gila River Indian Community, Montgomery County, Gwinnett County), and regional transit authorities. Texas dominates recent activity, with the Texas Department of Transportation posting more than thirty separate state let construction contracts in the past week alone, ranging from bridge replacement and hazard elimination to pavement restoration and frontage road construction.

Geographic spread spans Texas heavily—Houston, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Tyler, Amarillo, and other districts—along with recent activity in Utah (Draper City retaining wall repair, ITB due July 30, 2026), New Mexico (City of Gallup whole-block reconstruction of Ciniza Drive, ITB-2701 due July 28, 2026), California (Caltrans projects on State Routes 60 and 99 and multiple segments), Illinois (Cook County Pavement Rehabilitation Program North 2024, proposals due August 12, 2026), South Carolina (Dorchester County Old Spell Road Phase 2, IFB 2027-02 due August 18, 2026), Oregon (Washington County Bridge #23952 railing retrofit, bids due July 29, 2026), and Arizona (Gila River Indian Community District 6 culvert modification, IFB-0643 due July 31, 2026). Typical recent solicitations include sealed-bid ITBs and RFPs with 10–30 day response windows; performance and payment bonding at 100 percent of contract amount is standard on projects exceeding certain thresholds; prevailing wage compliance is mandatory in most jurisdictions; and insurance minimums typically range from $1 million to $3 million general liability per occurrence. TxDOT projects routinely carry no DBE goal (0.0%), while some municipal and county projects offer local-vendor or resident-contractor preferences when certified.