UNSPSC 73181012: Grinding services

UNSPSC 73181012 Grinding services is a Commodity code that encompasses the grinding, processing, and size-reduction of materials including yard waste, wood debris, stumps, brush, and other solid waste streams. State and local governments procure these services to manage accumulated debris at transfer stations and landfills, process materials for beneficial reuse or composting, and support facility maintenance and equipment repair operations. The code also captures precision machine shop services involving grinding as part of broader machining and fabrication work. Issuing bodies span county transportation authorities, municipal public works departments, county waste management and watershed operations, and special-purpose districts. Recent solicitations show steady activity from Connecticut municipalities (Enfield, Hamden), Idaho and Georgia counties, and Florida transit and county agencies, with work types ranging from contracted yard waste grinding at municipal transfer stations to on-site and off-site precision grinding services supporting water/wastewater operations and equipment repair.

Geographic activity centers on Connecticut (the Town of Enfield RFP 37248 for yard waste grinding due June 24, 2026, and the Town of Hamden IFB 2958 for brush, stumps, logs, and debris grinding due June 2, 2026), with secondary concentration in Florida (Palm Beach County IFB 68026032RJW1 for precision machine shop services due June 24, 2026, estimated $188,750 annually) and Georgia (DeKalb County machine shop services solicitation and tennis center IT infrastructure work). Ada County, Idaho issued RFP 26040 for wood and green waste grinding at its landfill due May 5, 2026, requiring per-ton pricing for material ground to 1.0" to 2.0" screen size. The Orange County Transportation Authority (California) issued RFQ 250358 for a Scotchman 50-ton ironworker fabrication machine due June 2, 2026, at $35,772, though this procurement is only tangentially related to grinding services and appears to be a machine acquisition rather than grinding work. Representative grinding-focused opportunities include Ada County's landfill grinding RFP emphasizing beneficial reuse and processing specifications, and the Connecticut municipal waste-processing solicitations that bundle grinding, screening, hauling, and disposal on per-cubic-yard pricing models.