UNSPSC 72141511: Digging services

UNSPSC 72141511 Digging services (Commodity) encompasses excavation, site preparation, and associated earthwork for parks, infrastructure, and utility projects that state and local governments procure at volume. Recent activity shows municipalities and counties soliciting digging services as part of larger park renovation, drainage infrastructure, and site development projects where excavation, grading, and material placement form discrete bid components. The City of DeBary, Florida has issued multiple park improvement bids since 2015 involving infield stripping and grading (Bill Keller Park, Rob Sullivan Park), parking lot expansion with grading and soil stabilization (Rob Sullivan Park West Parking Lot), and stormwater drainage construction requiring excavation and grading (Small Scale Stormwater Improvement Projects 5 and 6). Glynn County's Mallery Park drainage and concrete flatwork (IFB27-014, due November 12, 2026) explicitly excludes mass grading and field construction but includes the earthwork components within the drainage scope. Other recent opportunities include Collier County's 363-acre McIntosh Park wetland construction involving 47,986 cubic yards of pond excavation (IFB 26-048UO, due October 22, 2026), Greenville County's Twin Chimneys Landfill Unit 4 Cell 5 liner construction (RFP27008, proposals due August 21, 2026) and earthwork excavation (RFP26098, due April 10, 2026), and the Development Authority of Columbus's Muscogee Technology Park pad preparation with site clearing, excavation, and grading (due November 13, 2026). The mix of issuing bodies spans county transportation departments, city public works and parks divisions, special-purpose development authorities, and school districts, with repeat activity concentrated in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Arizona. Work scopes typically range from 25 to 160,000 cubic yards of excavation or fill placement, often as component work within larger infrastructure or recreational projects.

Geographic spread is concentrated in Florida (DeBary, Collier, Volusia, Pinellas, Broward counties and multiple cities), Georgia (Glynn, Greenville, Columbia counties and Athens), and the Carolinas (Greenville and Pinellas), with secondary activity in Arizona (Tucson), Oregon (Beaverton), Texas (San Antonio, Midland, Richardson), Colorado (Boulder), and California (Long Beach, Santa Clara). Park and recreation construction drives much recent demand, but utility infrastructure—water and sewer line replacement, stormwater systems, and landfill cell construction—anchors steady procurement in the segment. Representative opportunities include Collier County's Immokalee Sports Complex Phase 1A & 1B (IFB 26-8703, bids due November 2, 2026) for $6.24 million across artificial turf fields, stormwater, and site development; Volusia County's Lantern Park Stormwater Pond Construction (IFB 26-B-119KW, bids due September 17, 2026) for $3.917 million of excavation and pond infrastructure funded by CDBG-DR; and City of Tucson's Robert Price Park (IFB 270117, bids due August 24, 2026) at $10 million-plus for 20-acre site preparation, grading, and utilities. Digging services operate at the intersection of landscape and site development; pursuit is warranted where your firm holds or can access excavation, grading, and material-handling capacity for projects in the $100,000 to $6 million range with 30-to-180-day performance windows and public-sector bonding and insurance requirements.