UNSPSC 78181502: Transmission repair

UNSPSC 78181502 Transmission repair (Commodity) covers remanufacture, overhaul, and repair of automatic transmissions for municipal and transit fleets, particularly Allison-branded units for school buses and transit agency vehicles. State and local governments solicit this work through school districts, transit authorities, and county transportation departments to maintain standardized transmission inventories and extend fleet service life. St. Lucie County School District, Volusia County, Trinity Metro, and Broward County Transportation have posted solicitations in the past four months, characterizing the buyer base as a mix of K-12 districts, county transit systems, and municipal transportation agencies. The scope encompasses full transmission remanufacture (complete disassembly, inspection, replacement of internal components and seals, and reassembly to like-new condition), exchange and overhaul services, OEM parts procurement, labor at hourly rates, diagnostic and repair services for related systems, warranty coverage, and emergency service capabilities. Contractors must typically be authorized service centers, maintain adequate transmission-core and parts inventory, carry workers' compensation and garage-liability insurance (often with $1 million to $2 million per-occurrence minimums), comply with federal requirements when work is funded by the Federal Transit Administration including DBE participation goals and prevailing-wage compliance, and meet rapid turnaround expectations (24-hour acknowledgment and 48-hour response for emergencies, three to seven days for standard overhauls).

Activity is concentrated in Florida, where five of the seven relevant recent solicitations originated, with City of Austin, Texas posting a smaller parts-and-repair RFQ in late August. St. Lucie County School District's ITB 2702 seeks Allison remanufactured transmissions for school buses with proposals due November 4, 2026; Volusia County's RFQ 27B04LB, posted October 6, 2026, seeks complete remanufacture and service for VoTran transit buses with an FTA-funded DBE goal and proposals due November 3, 2026; Trinity Metro's RFP 26T038 posted August 7 requests overhaul services on Allison 3000-series B400R and B500R models with proposals due September 3, 2026; Broward County Transportation's TRN2132053B1, an open-end indefinite-quantity contract, solicits Cummins engine and chassis repairs (not strictly transmission-focused but including transmission system work) with questions due by June 1, 2026; and the City of Austin's IFB 7800 TJP1029 posted August 17 seeks OEM parts and repair services for Allison transmissions on an as-needed basis with an estimated annual spend of $10,272.50 and a local-business and small-business preference of up to 5% each, proposals due September 15, 2026. Federal Transit Administration funding and compliance requirements appear in Volusia County's and Broward County's solicitations, triggering DBE goals, prevailing-wage applicability, and third-party contract clauses.