UNSPSC 78111814: Road transport of passengers by man-or animal-drawn vehicle

UNSPSC 78111814 Road transport of passengers by man-or animal-drawn vehicle (Commodity) does not reflect the work actually being solicited by state and local governments under this code. The recent opportunities block contains no solicitations matching the code's nominal scope of passenger transport via non-motorized conveyances. Instead, the opportunities tagged to this code span infrastructure improvements (irrigation systems), equipment procurement (impact attenuators, motorcycles, locomotives, telehandlers, boats, nitrogen generators, fitness equipment), warehouse and logistics services (storage, courier, freight hauling, disaster response), specialized transport (fuel delivery, vehicle recovery, leachate hauling, dockless vehicle operations), and miscellaneous supplies (file cabinets, dry ice, insulated shippers, hay bales). None of these solicitations describe road transport of passengers by man- or animal-drawn vehicles. The code appears to serve as a catch-all or default tag for diverse procurement activity that does not map cleanly to its statutory definition, rendering any market-segment analysis unreliable.

State and local issuing bodies across the opportunities block include city procurement departments (Austin, Waco, Atlanta, San Antonio, Huntsville), county governments (Seminole, Clay, Volusia, Dorchester, Bibb, Orange, Pinellas), state agencies (Texas HHS, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Nevada, Illinois, Michigan, Oregon), regional planning bodies (Capital Region Transportation Planning Agency), school districts (Bibb County Public Schools, Pinellas County School District), and special-purpose entities (Sourcewell cooperative purchasing vehicle, Broward County Transportation Department). Geographic spread spans Florida, Texas, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, South Carolina, Georgia, California (inferred from City of Austin and San Antonio activity), and multiple other states. Representative recent opportunities include Orange County, California issuing an RFP for senior non-emergency medical transportation services with proposals due October 23, 2026; City of Austin, Texas posting an IFB for bulk motor fuels and fuel-related services with bids due October 29, 2026; and Broward County, Florida requesting bids for transit shelters and amenities under an FTA-funded procurement with bids due October 23, 2026. The code's misalignment with actual procurement activity suggests either a data-entry error in the source database or use of the code as a default when no more specific code fits the work being bought.