UNSPSC 78141700: Navigational services

UNSPSC 78141700 Navigational services, a Class code, encompasses the removal, towing, storage, and disposal of derelict and abandoned vessels; the installation and maintenance of waterway navigation infrastructure such as buoys, channel markers, and dock floats; and specialized maritime towing for large or complex vessel movements. State and local governments use this code primarily to manage abandoned-vessel nuisances in waterways, maintain navigation safety systems, and coordinate emergency response for maritime incidents. Recent solicitations show a mix of issuing bodies: coastal counties and municipalities (Escambia County and the City of Fort Myers in Florida, the City of Tampa, the Town of Essex in Connecticut, the City of Long Beach in California, the Oregon Department of State Lands, and the Texas General Land Office) alongside school districts and special-purpose water utilities (Pinellas County School District and Eastern Municipal Water District). Escambia County Marine Resources Division appears as a repeat buyer, issuing multiple derelict-vessel removal price quotes under grant funding from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Derelict Vessel Removal Grant Opportunity.

Activity concentrates heavily in Florida and the Pacific Northwest, with secondary activity in Texas, Connecticut, California, and Georgia. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Fort Myers RFP for derelict vessel removal services on a continuing contract with disaster-response capability (proposals due November 10, 2026, with unit pricing by vessel linear footage and emergency mobilization fees), Pinellas County School District ITB for 24/7 towing and recovery services at an estimated annual value of approximately $70,000 (bids due July 29, 2026), the Town of Essex ITB for fall removal, winter storage, inspection, and spring reinstallation of 14 anchorage buoys and dock floats (bids due September 24, 2026), and the Oregon Department of State Lands RFP for removal and disposal of abandoned and derelict vessels up to 40 feet across multiple Willamette and Columbia River waterways through June 30, 2027 (proposals due June 23, 2026, with a mandatory pre-proposal conference on June 3, 2026). Escambia County has issued multiple individual price quotes for specific derelict-vessel removals, each vessel-specific and typically with turnaround deadlines of seven to fourteen calendar days from Notice to Proceed. The City of Tampa ITB for removal, towing, storage, and disposal of vessels on an as-needed basis carries a Small Local Business Enterprise sheltered-market designation with a five percent bid discount not to exceed $10,000 for certified SLBEs.