UNSPSC 78111700: Passenger marine transportation

UNSPSC 78111700 Passenger marine transportation is a Class code that covers occupational health services, paratransit operations, and student transportation — a mismatch between the code's nominal scope and what state and local agencies are actually buying under it. The recent opportunities show no marine passenger transportation work; instead, the code is being applied to land-based transportation services and occupational medical surveillance. The Washington State Department of Transportation's Washington State Ferries is soliciting occupational medical surveillance services for ferry workers across 14 Washington locations, requiring baseline, periodic, follow-up, and exit examinations by board-certified occupational medicine physicians, with examinations scheduled during the work week and results delivered within 60 days. Monroe County, Florida seeks comprehensive paratransit and demand-response transportation for transportation-disadvantaged residents under the Social Services Transportation Disadvantaged Program, requiring door-to-door or curb-to-curb service, ADA-compliant accessible vehicles, and emergency evacuation transportation capability. Ivy Preparatory Academy for Girls at Kirkwood, a public charter school in DeKalb County, Georgia, is requesting student transportation services for approximately 150 scholars using three designated hubs across the Atlanta metropolitan area, with daily home-to-school and school-to-home routes, approximately 35 annual field trips, and approximately 20 one-way athletic trips during the 2026-2027 school year.

Issuing bodies under this code span state transportation departments, county social services agencies, and public school systems. The geographic activity concentrates in Washington (WSDOT), Florida (Monroe County), and Georgia (DeKalb County and charter schools). Recent opportunities include the Washington State Ferries' RFP 20260825 for occupational medical surveillance due October 9, 2026; Monroe County's RFP 638 for paratransit services due July 21, 2026; and Ivy Preparatory Academy's RFP for student transportation due June 15, 2026, with contract commencement August 3, 2026. The code shows recent activity but demonstrates poor alignment with maritime passenger transportation — state and local procurement offices are applying this code to land-based medical, social services, and education transportation work. Pursue this code only if your firm operates paratransit or school transportation services or occupational health programs serving transportation agencies; marine passenger transportation opportunities are not reflected in recent postings.