UNSPSC 72141200: Marine construction services

The building and repair of marine related structures and systems owned by others

UNSPSC 72141200 Marine construction services is a Class code encompassing dock, pier, wharf, and waterfront infrastructure repair, replacement, and restoration work that state and local governments procure to maintain coastal and inland water-access facilities. Recent solicitations show state and local bodies purchasing selective demolition and reconstruction of pier structures, floating dock segments, breakwaters and revetments, boathouse removal, shoreline stabilization, artificial reef deployment, culvert replacement in water settings, and dredging and dike repairs at water filtration and impoundment sites. Work typically includes removal and reinstallation of decking, stringers, pilings, electrical and mechanical systems, navigation aids, riprap protection, and environmental compliance during construction.

State and local issuing bodies conducting recent marine construction procurements span municipalities (Nantucket, Newburyport, Gloucester, and St. Pete Beach in Massachusetts and Florida), county governments (Beaufort County South Carolina, Volusia County and Orange County Florida, Somerset County Maryland), water and port authorities (Springfield Water and Sewer Commission Massachusetts, West Basin Municipal Water District California, Lee County Port Authority Florida, Port of Hood River Oregon), special districts (Maryland Transportation Authority, Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program Texas), and state agencies (California Department of Water Resources, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission). Recent representative opportunities include Volusia County's artificial reef deployment ITB #26-B-127JS (responses due November 5, 2026, covering loading and offshore deployment of 300-ton reef loads at GPS-designated sites 1 to 33 miles offshore), the City of St. Pete Beach pier rehabilitation IFB for the 7th Avenue Fishing Pier (bids due November 4, 2026, scope includes beam, joist, and pile wrap replacement following hurricane damage), Beaufort County's Pocotaligo Preserve water management renovations RFP (proposals due September 17, 2026, involving culvert, rice trunk, and dike reconstruction in a tidal impoundment), and Sarasota County's Phillippi Creek Phase II maintenance dredging IFB (bids due October 28, 2026, approximately 77,160 cubic yards of material removal to restore -4 feet MLW design elevation). Recent activity concentrates in Florida (seven distinct procurements), Massachusetts (five), Connecticut (three), and South Carolina (two), with scattered activity in Maryland, California, Arizona, Texas, and Oregon. Federal funding through EPA, FAA, HUD, and FEMA shapes compliance requirements in several of the active procurements, including Davis-Bacon prevailing wage, Buy America provisions, and environmental permit coordination.