UNSPSC 72141211: Pier construction service

The building of piers owned by others

UNSPSC 72141211 Pier construction service (Commodity) encompasses design, fabrication, installation, and structural rehabilitation of fixed and floating piers, docks, and associated waterfront access infrastructure serving recreation, commerce, and public boating access. State and local governments procure these services across multiple issuing-body types: municipalities (cities of St. Pete Beach, Cocoa, Long Beach, Pass Christian, West Sacramento, Tampa, Stonington); counties (Escambia, Brevard, Beaufort, Chatham, Clay, Glynn, Pasco, DeKalb); state agencies (Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife); regional transit and port authorities (Chatham Area Transit Authority, Port Houston Authority, Brazos River Authority, Texas General Land Office); and special-purpose districts. Recent solicitations reflect a mix of new construction, rehabilitation addressing deterioration from marine exposure and storm damage, and floating-dock replacement. Mississippi Department of Marine Resources issued an IFB for the Ocean Springs Harbor Project—a lump-sum pier-installation contract with finger piers, bulkhead, electrical infrastructure, and boardwalk, bids due November 17, 2026. Escambia County in Florida is executing a major rehabilitation of Bob Sikes Fishing Pier (substructure repairs, cathodic protection, ADA upgrades) under federal RESTORE funding with lump-sum pricing across 21 line items. Chatham Area Transit Authority in Georgia is procuring design-build ferry dock and shelter construction on the Savannah River under Federal Transit Administration funding with prevailing wage and DBE participation requirements. Work orders and on-call marine construction contracts also appear regularly—Pinellas County and Chatham County maintain standing vehicles for distributed maintenance and repair across multiple waterfront sites.

Geographic activity concentrates in Florida (Gulf Coast and Atlantic; Escambia, Brevard, Brevard, Pinellas, Clay, Pasco counties; cities of Cocoa, St. Pete Beach, Long Beach, Tampa, Pass Christian) and Georgia (Chatham, Glynn, DeKalb counties; Stonecrest, Savannah), with secondary presence in South Carolina (Beaufort County), Connecticut (Stonington), Mississippi (Ocean Springs), Texas (Houston, Palacios, Rockport), Oregon (Eugene), and Arizona. Issuing bodies incorporate federal funding mandates frequently—Davis-Bacon prevailing wage, Buy America and Build America Act compliance, and DBE participation criteria are standard on RESTORE Act, Federal Transit Administration, and Army Corps of Engineers–permitted work. Recent bids show lump-sum and unit-price structures, 5% bid bonds, 100% performance and payment bonds, mandatory pre-bid meetings or site conferences, and response windows of three to eight weeks. Environmental permitting and regulatory compliance (Nationwide Permits, state water management, manatee and endangered-species protection) drive scope and schedule; substantial completion windows span 30 to 330 calendar days depending on project scale and in-water work windows. Liquidated damages range from $250 to $2,667 per day. Small and minority business participation is required or encouraged on many awards, particularly those using federal or state funding. Marine-specialized insurance (pollution, marine contractor's liability) and proof of contractor licensing are routine requirements.