UNSPSC 72154503: Crane rental service

Includes the rental or lease, maintenance or repair and operation of cranes

UNSPSC 72154503 Crane rental service is a Commodity code covering the short- and long-term rental of mobile and overhead cranes with operators and rigging support to state and local public bodies for construction, maintenance, emergency response, and facility operations. State and local governments procure this code across multiple issuing-body types: state departments (corrections, water resources, parks and recreation), county public works and utilities, municipalities (cities and transit authorities), independent school districts, and special-purpose districts including water authorities and municipal water utilities. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and San Antonio Independent School District appear as repeat buyers, with CDCR issuing a rebid for multi-facility crane rental under IFB C5613296-D Rebid 1 (bids due November 3, 2026) and SAISD posting multiple continuous, open-ended RFPs for general maintenance services, parts, repairs, and equipment (which include crane-related work on an as-needed basis). Overhead crane inspection, maintenance, and certification services—commonly bundled with the rental code—see parallel procurement activity; North Texas Municipal Water District issued RFB 26-135-B for lifting equipment inspections and maintenance across nine counties (bids due May 14, 2026), and Collier County solicited preventative maintenance and repair services for 32 overhead crane, hoist, and davit units under ITB 268626 (bids due August 31, 2026).

Geographic activity concentrates in California, with multiple state agencies (CDCR, Department of Water Resources, Department of Parks and Recreation) and the County of Orange posting crane rental solicitations; secondary activity appears in Florida (Gainesville Regional Utilities, Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County), Texas (San Antonio ISD, North Texas Municipal Water District), and scattered jurisdictions in Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, Utah, and North Carolina. Gainesville Regional Utilities issued ITB 2026-012 for annual crane rental service covering 15-ton to 300+-ton capacity equipment (bids due July 1, 2026, updated posting date August 18, 2026). California Department of Water Resources, San Luis Field Division, solicited crane rental with operators under IFB 10220165 for 40-ton to 300-ton cranes with mandatory 3% DVBE participation and 5% SB preference available (bids due August 25, 2026). County of Orange, OC Public Works, solicited crane rental services with operator under IFB-080-3012301-DS covering 14-ton to 90-ton hydraulic cranes with 5% local small-business and DVBE price reduction (bids due May 7, 2026). Sourcewell, a Minnesota cooperative purchasing vehicle, issued RFP 26RFP110326 for heavy and compact construction equipment with related attachments and services on behalf of participating entities across multiple jurisdictions (proposals due November 3, 2026). Most active notices name prevailing wage compliance, California Department of Motor Vehicles Motor Carrier Permits, and NCCCO crane operator certification as minimum requirements; mobilization and demobilization fees, hourly rates tiered by equipment capacity, overtime premiums, and emergency response surcharges structure pricing across solicitations.