UNSPSC 73181015: Flame cutting services

UNSPSC 73181015 Flame cutting services (Commodity) describes precision metal fabrication and machine shop work that state and local governments purchase for equipment repair, asset maintenance, and facility upgrades. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers using this code for both standalone machine shop services and as a component of broader equipment overhaul and reconstruction projects. The issuing bodies include county transportation authorities, county watershed and public works departments, and municipal transit agencies. Work ranges from off-site precision machining—milling, boring, welding, and specialty fabrication for pump and motor repair—to on-site heavy equipment maintenance and rolling stock repower overhauls involving engine and transmission replacement, driveline rebuilds, and major system renewal. The code sees activity across Florida, Georgia, and California, with Florida counties (Orange, Palm Beach, Broward, Seminole) and DeKalb County, Georgia appearing as repeat buyers in recent quarters.

Orange County Transportation Authority posted RFQ 250358 on July 7, 2026, seeking a Scotchman 50-ton ironworker fabrication machine with delivery, installation, and training at its Santa Ana maintenance facility; quotes closed June 2, 2026 (re-solicitation of earlier RFQ 250275), with estimated contract value $35,772 on a firm-fixed-price basis and 100 percent cost-based evaluation. Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners issued IFB 68026032RJW1 on May 13, 2026, for off-site precision machine shop services including milling, boring, welding, and fabrication for water and wastewater equipment repair, with bids due June 24, 2026, estimated value $188,750 over twelve months, and SBE and local-preference provisions. DeKalb County, Georgia solicited machine shop services for watershed equipment repair (gearboxes, pumps, compressors, bar screens) with bids due June 8, 2026. Broward County Transportation Department closed an open-end contract (TRN2131187B1) on February 23, 2026, for mid-life bus fleet repower overhaul services covering engine replacement, transmission rebuild, and major system renewal for 35-foot to 60-foot transit buses, with FTA Buy America and prevailing wage compliance required.