UNSPSC 78111703: Sightseeing boat excursions

UNSPSC 78111703 Sightseeing boat excursions is a Commodity code that shows a significant mismatch between its nominal scope and actual state and local procurement activity captured in recent solicitations. The code's name suggests leisure or tourist boat services, but the recent opportunities posted under this code involve occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, paratransit and demand-response transportation for transportation-disadvantaged populations, IT infrastructure reconstruction at a recreation facility, and student transportation services for a public charter school. None of these opportunities involve sightseeing boat excursions or tourist boat operations. The code appears to be experiencing categorization or tagging misalignment in state and local procurement systems, with no recent opportunities reflecting work actually aligned to the code's stated commodity.

The geographic spread of the four posted opportunities spans Washington State (Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington State Ferries), Florida (Monroe County), and Georgia (DeKalb County and Ivy Preparatory Academy for Girls at Kirkwood). The issuing bodies include a state transportation agency, a county government, a county recreation department, and a public charter school. Given the absence of genuine sightseeing boat excursion procurement under this code, pursuit is not recommended; bidders should verify with issuing bodies or procurement offices whether this code is correctly applied to opportunities of interest rather than relying on the UNSPSC categorization as currently deployed.