UNSPSC 72154051: Grave relocation service

The excavation and relocation of graves owned by others

UNSPSC 72154051 Grave relocation service is a Commodity code encompassing disinterment, removal, transportation, and reinterment of human remains from one cemetery location to another, along with monument and marker relocation. State and local governments procure this service primarily when infrastructure projects, property development, or cemetery management initiatives necessitate moving graves. The work is highly specialized and typically restricted to licensed funeral directors or certified grave relocation professionals who manage the legal, technical, and ceremonial aspects of the process. Issuing bodies are narrowly concentrated among state transportation departments (particularly those undertaking highway improvement projects that displace cemeteries), county governments managing historic cemetery preservation, and municipalities supporting infrastructure modernization. The service is straightforward and cyclical rather than continuous, triggered by specific capital projects or preservation mandates rather than routine municipal operations.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Division of Purchases represents the dominant recent buyer under this code, having posted three nearly identical solicitations in June 2026 for grave relocation services in Breathitt County (RFB 60526000006611, RFB 60526000006612, RFB 60526000006613), all due July 7, 2026. These are federally funded Federal Highway Administration projects requiring licensed funeral directors under Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 316, with performance and payment bonds, Davis-Bacon Act compliance, and 0 percent DBE goals. Work scopes include disinterment of four individuals from the Noble Family Gravesite on KY 205, removal and relocation of specified monuments and markers (approximately 15 miles to Jackson Cemetery), provision of reinterment containers, and completion within 30 days of notice to commence. Collier County, Florida also solicited stone conservation and stabilization at Historic Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery in Immokalee (QQ2026135, due July 10, 2026), combining grave marker restoration with environmental survey data. Rockland County, New York posted an RFP for architecture and engineering design services for enhanced beautification at two veterans cemeteries (RFPRC2026CP1491001, due August 18, 2026), though the scope description in the notice is sparse. Geographic activity centers on Kentucky and Florida; no recent activity is documented in other regions.