UNSPSC 72141126: Underground utilities construction service

The building of underground utilitystations owned by others

UNSPSC 72141126 Underground utilities construction service, a Commodity code, encompasses the installation, repair, and replacement of underground utility infrastructure including water mains, sewer lines, force mains, directional boring, conduit systems, and associated site work at municipalities, counties, school districts, and special-purpose utilities across the United States. State and local governments are actively procuring this work under ITB, IFB, and RFP notice types, with recent solicitations ranging from small lateral relocations to multi-mile utility system upgrades. The City of Gallup, New Mexico posted ITB2701 on July 15, 2026 (response due July 28) for whole-block reconstruction of Ciniza Drive including waterline valve installation and fire hydrant relocation at an engineer's estimate of $1,314,439.83; Beaufort County, South Carolina issued IFB 2027IFB003 (due August 13) for a sewer pump station and force main conversion at Laurel Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant; and the City of Leesburg, Florida published IFB 26-016-HG (due July 22) for replacement of 5.5 miles of 10-inch water main with 12-inch C900 PVC pipe along U.S. Highway 27, including directional bores, fire hydrant installation, and testing at a 21-month duration with liquidated damages of $1,685 per day.

Issuing bodies span state departments (California Department of General Services), counties (Beaufort, Hillsborough, Seminole, Orange, Escambia, Marion, Coahoma, Gwinnett, Cobb, Fulton, Pasco), cities (Gallup, Leesburg, Bradenton, Apopka, New Haven, San Antonio, Waco, Brownsville, Greenville, Brandon, Santa Cruz, Thousand Oaks), school districts (Richmond County Board of Education, Pinellas County School District), and special-purpose districts (Pasco County stormwater, Marion County Utilities). Geographic activity concentrates in Florida (Orange County, Leesburg, Bradenton, Apopka, Escambia, Marion, Seminole counties and cities), Texas (Waco, Brownsville, San Antonio, Wichita Falls), Georgia (Fulton, Cobb, Gwinnett, Greenville, Americus, Hampton, City of Atlanta), Mississippi (Coahoma, Brandon, Greenwood Utilities), California (Caltrans Ventura County, Thousand Oaks), and scattered activity in New Mexico, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Oregon, South Carolina, and other states. Representative work spans routine water and sewer main replacement, pump station and force main construction, directional boring and potholing services (Pinellas County ITB on directional boring and hand trenching; Caltrans IFB 07A6321 for positive location of underground utilities in Ventura County, due July 21), stormwater and ditch restoration (Hillsborough County IFB2600250, estimated $4.938 million, due July 31), and complex multi-utility coordination on arterial streets. Set-asides and preferences appear frequently: Fulton County applied a 5% local-preference weighting; Hillsborough County imposed an 8% SBE subcontractor participation goal; California Department of General Services restricted the EVSE installation contract (72141126 misclassification noted) to Small Business and Micro Business contractors; Orange County offered Service Disabled Veteran Business enterprise bid preferences; and federal funding on several projects triggers Davis-Bacon prevailing-wage and Build America, Buy America compliance. Most solicitations require current state contractor licensing, bid bonds at 5–10% of bid amount, performance and payment bonds at 100% of contract value, comprehensive general liability insurance ($1–2 million per occurrence typical), and E-Verify registration; prevailing-wage requirements apply where federal or state funds flow; and contract durations range from 60–330 days for discrete projects to three-year terms with renewal options for on-call services.