UNSPSC 78181846: Aircraft fixed wing manpower service

A manpower services which provide to Operate, Maintain and Repair fixed wing aircraft and related services.

UNSPSC 78181846 Aircraft fixed wing manpower service is a Commodity code showing minimal alignment with actual state and local procurement activity in the recent opportunities block. The three posted solicitations—a Tampa surplus vehicle auction, a Columbus firearms trade-in, and a South Dakota Highway Patrol aircraft acquisition—span asset disposal, equipment swap, and aircraft platform procurement, none of which fit the code's nominal scope of fixed-wing aircraft manpower services. The South Dakota Highway Patrol RFP does address aircraft and mission equipment, but it seeks platform acquisition, installation, integration, and support rather than staffing, crew services, or human-capital deployment associated with aircraft operations.

The source supports no recent state and local solicitations for aircraft crew, pilot services, maintenance technician staffing, or other personnel-focused services under this code. The South Dakota opportunity (RFP 26RFP19842, proposals due July 20, 2026) is the only entry with substantive aircraft scope, but it targets a Kodiak 100 Series III platform acquisition, mission equipment, FAA approvals, installation labor, training, and warranty—all capital and integration work rather than ongoing manpower provision. State and local governments do solicit fixed-wing aircraft services across aviation authorities, state police and highway patrols, and emergency management agencies, but this code's recent activity does not reflect that market. The mismatch suggests either misclassification of opportunities in the source data or dormancy in the specific manpower commodity code itself.