UNSPSC 72141106: Gravel or dirt road construction service

The building and repair of gravel or dirt roads owned by others

UNSPSC 72141106 Gravel or dirt road construction service is a Commodity code that captures state and local procurement of roadway surface work, including paving, milling, resurfacing, seal coating, and related base and drainage improvements on existing and new road segments. Recent solicitations show cities, counties, and transit authorities purchasing asphalt and concrete placement, traffic control coordination, utility relocations, pavement marking, and accessory work such as curb and gutter installation, sidewalk construction, and drainage system upgrades. The issuing bodies span municipal public works departments (City of DeBary, City of Peoria, City of Sandy Springs, City of Fort Myers), county engineering and transportation offices (Hillsborough County, Monroe County, Seminole County, Dorchester County, Ware County, Bulloch County, Jefferson County, Terrell County), state departments of transportation (Texas Department of Transportation), and transit or special-purpose districts (Town of Waterford Utility Commission). Repeat solicitors in the recent block include Texas DOT (publishing multiple state let contracts for seal coat, overlay, paving, and preventive maintenance work across dozens of counties), Ware County Board of Commissioners (CDBG-funded street and drainage work), and Seminole County (master-contract vehicle for five minor public works contractors). Geographic activity concentrates in Florida (DeBary, Peoria, Sandy Springs, Hillsborough County, Monroe County, Seminole County, Sarasota County, Fort Myers), Georgia (Bulloch County, City of Johns Creek, City of Sandy Springs), South Carolina (Dorchester County), Texas (Jefferson County, multiple TxDOT state let contracts across Nueces, Wise, Burleson, Brown, Collin, Webb, Lamar, Hunt, Lamb, Sherman, Jasper, Haskell, Hidalgo, Galveston, McLennan, Denton, Eastland, Terrell, El Paso, Travis, Hays, Coleman, Cass, Harris counties), and Connecticut (Town of Waterford).

Representative recent work includes Dorchester County, South Carolina's resurfacing and repaving of nine centerline miles across 30 roads (IFB CTC 2026 Resurfacing Plan, bids due October 14, 2026) covering milling, warm mix asphalt placement, full-depth patching, and pavement marking; Ware County, Georgia's street and drainage improvements on Pine Forest Road and Deerwood Road totaling 2.051 miles funded under CDBG (sealed bids due November 23, 2026, Section 3 low-income resident hiring preference, Build America Buy America compliance required); Bulloch County, Georgia's S&S Greenway Phase 3 and Josh Hagin Road Paving combining 1.96 miles of shared-use path extension and 1.94 miles of road base and paving work (sealed bids due November 13, 2026, GDOT prequalification mandatory, federal highway funding); Jefferson County, Texas's Garth Road Reconstruction Phase 1 (IFB 26-066/MR, sealed bids due November 4, 2026, Davis-Bacon and BABAA compliance, DBE/M-WBE participation encouraged); and Texas DOT's extensive statewide portfolio spanning seal coat work across the Panhandle and South Plains (15 counties, 64 working days, $25.7 million estimated, bids due November 4, 2026), preventive maintenance across North Texas counties ($18.835 million, bids due November 4, 2026), and hazard elimination, bridge replacement, traffic signal, and illumination projects across another 20-plus counties. Work authorization typically flows through formal notice to proceed, with completion timelines ranging from 30 to 1,001 working days; performance and payment bonds at 100 percent of contract value and bid security at 5 percent are standard. Set-asides and preferences include CDBG Section 3 low-income employment goals (Ware County), SBE subcontractor participation targets (5 percent in Hillsborough County, 10 percent in Seminole County under Connecticut DAS certification in Waterford), FDOT prequalification in specific work classes (drainage, flexible paving, grading, retaining wall), Davis-Bacon prevailing wage on federal-funded projects, and Build America Buy America compliance where applicable.