UNSPSC 78181912: Rotary wing aircraft hourly engineering maintenance

A service covers scheduled and unscheduled maintenance support and services for various rotary and fixed-wing aircraft. By providing laboratory and test equipment, vehicles, facility and hangar equipment, air worthiness inspections, and information technology systems, management, certified labor, crew members, and pilots to perform inspections, maintenance, modifications, overhauls, transportation, testing, parts/components manufacturing and material acquisition and accountability, efficient aircraft maintenance & logistics and procurement and training service.

UNSPSC 78181912 Rotary wing aircraft hourly engineering maintenance (Commodity) describes helicopter engine support, overhaul, and repair services that state and local governments procure for law enforcement, transportation, and educational aviation operations. Recent solicitations show demand concentrated in specialized engine maintenance — particularly Rolls-Royce Model 250 series support, FAA-certified propeller and governor overhaul, and comprehensive component repair with warranty and rental provisions — rather than generalized hourly labor codes. The buying base spans municipal police departments, state transportation and forestry agencies, regional airport authorities, and higher-education institutions operating multi-aircraft fleets. Issuing bodies include city police aviation divisions (Tampa, Tucson), state departments (Illinois IDOT, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Nevada Division of Forestry), and university flight programs (Middle Georgia State University, Texas A&M University System), with work performed at FAA-approved repair facilities meeting manufacturer authorization and certification standards.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast and Southwest. The City of Tampa Police Department issued an ITB in August 2026 for Rolls-Royce Model 250 series engine support services (C20B, C20C, C47B, C30P variants) with an estimated annual expenditure of $275,000 and total contract value of $562,000 across one year plus four optional renewals; sealed bids were due by April 20, 2026 (note: this date is in the past relative to the October 2026 summary date). Middle Georgia State University issued an RFQ in September 2026 for FAA-certified propeller and governor overhaul and repair services supporting its 67-aircraft flight training fleet, with quotes due October 5, 2026. Illinois IDOT rebid aero aircraft and airframe maintenance on multiple service categories (Beechcraft King Air 350, Cessna piston airframes, avionics and instruments) under IFB B-52781 in August 2026, with bids due August 27, 2026 and line-item estimates ranging from $5,000 to $250,000. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's April 2026 RFP for Wescam MX-10 surveillance camera maintenance on an Airbus H125 helicopter required FAA approval, 25 helicopter maintenance work orders within 12 months, and $10 million aviation commercial liability coverage. The New Jersey Department of the Treasury solicited maintenance and repair for a 21-aircraft fleet (Bell, Cessna, Piper, and Agusta AW139 helicopters) under Bid Solicitation 26DPP01247 in July 2026, with quotes due October 9, 2026 and FAA Part 145 repair station certification mandatory.