UNSPSC 72141003: Highway and road maintenance service

The repair of highways and streets owned by others

UNSPSC 72141003 Highway and road maintenance service, a Commodity code, encompasses ongoing repair, preservation, and upkeep of existing road and highway infrastructure—including pavement, drainage systems, bridge components, traffic control devices, and roadway markings—rather than new construction. State and local governments procure this work through maintenance contracts, often structured as indefinite-quantity arrangements with unit-price or fixed-price components. Issuing bodies span state departments of transportation (particularly active in Texas), county transportation departments, city public works divisions, and special-purpose transportation authorities. The Texas Department of Transportation dominates recent activity, posting dozens of local-let and state-let maintenance contracts across multiple districts; Dorchester County, South Carolina; Paulding County, Georgia; the City of Johns Creek, Georgia; and the City of Peoria, Arizona also appear as recent purchasers. Work solicited under this code ranges from concrete spall repair and bridge preventative maintenance to erosion repair, asphalt milling and overlay, pavement markings (reflective and spot), emulsion treatment, base failure repair, sweeping and debris removal, traffic control services, metal beam guard fence repair, cable barrier repair, and illumination maintenance. Liquidated damages provisions are standard, often running $500 to $1,000 per day, with performance and payment bonds required at 100 percent of contract value.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, where TxDOT issued the plurality of current solicitations across the Dallas, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Tyler, Lubbock, Waco, Austin, and Amarillo Districts, with bid-due dates predominantly November 3–5, 2026. Representative opportunities include the Texas Department of Transportation Dallas District local-let maintenance contracts for bridge scour repair in Denton County ($528,412.50, 67 working days, due November 12, 2026, ITB), concrete spall repair in Collin County ($925,400, 365 calendar days, due November 12, 2026, ITB), and mowing highway right-of-way in Denton County ($475,020, 365 calendar days, due November 12, 2026, ITB); the Dorchester County, South Carolina Invitation for Bids for resurfacing and repaving approximately nine centerline miles across 30 roads (due October 14, 2026, IFB); the City of Bowling Green, Kentucky competitive bid for West Riverview Drive resurfacing, restricted to KYTC pre-qualified contractors (due October 28, 2026, IFB); and the City of Peoria, Arizona ongoing crack fill and seal services ($400,000 to $600,000 estimated annual expenditure, RFQ). No set-asides dominate; Dorchester County's resurfacing project excludes local vendor preferences and is funded with County Transportation Committee funds, while most TxDOT contracts carry 0.0 percent SBE goals. Secondary activity appears in South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Arizona, and Utah.