UNSPSC 73181024: Machining service

Machining is the process used to remove material, typically metal, to create parts for machines, tools, transportation, and more. Machine shops and machinists use equipment like lathes, mills, and drill presses to turn material into useful tools using precise cut.

UNSPSC 73181024 Machining service (Commodity) covers precision and general machine shop work that state and local governments commission on an as-needed basis to repair, fabricate, and maintain equipment across water, wastewater, transportation, and facilities operations. Solicitations under this code range from off-site precision machining contracts for pump and motor components to in-house fabrication of specialized equipment such as punches and gearbox repairs. The issuing bodies include county transportation authorities, county boards of commissioners, county watershed and public works departments, and special-purpose transit agencies. Palm Beach County and DeKalb County appear as repeat buyers in recent solicitations, sourcing both general machine shop repairs and precision machining services on a term-contract basis with as-needed task ordering.

Recent activity clusters in Florida and Georgia. Palm Beach County issued a precision machine shop services IFB for water and wastewater pump and motor repair (IFB 68026032RJW1, due June 24, 2026, with an estimated contract value of $188,750 over twelve months) and a related term contract for the same scope (IFB 68026032JW3, cancelled as of the notice date). DeKalb County posted machine shop services for watershed facility equipment repair (PE64400NONST2026000000251, due June 8, 2026) and a separate IT and low-voltage infrastructure scope at a tennis center (ITB 2026-076-ITB, due July 13, 2026) that falls outside typical machining scope. The Orange County Transportation Authority solicited a Scotchman 50-ton ironworker fabrication machine purchase and installation (RFQ 250358, due June 2, 2026, estimated value $35,772). Firms responding to machine shop services must typically provide fixed hourly rates with labor, materials, and equipment included, submit equipment and capability lists, hold required state and local licenses, carry specified insurance, and comply with SBE and local preference provisions where applicable.