UNSPSC 81101500: Civil engineering

UNSPSC 81101500 Civil engineering is a Class code capturing the design, planning, and project management services that state and local governments procure for infrastructure, water, transportation, facilities, and municipal capital projects. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers acquiring construction project management, site due diligence, design support, procurement planning, construction surveillance, program management, architectural and engineering design for roadways and multimodal trails, wastewater and water system studies, flood control engineering, cost estimating, construction inspection, and owner's representative services—a broad range of preconstruction and construction-phase professional services spanning planning through closeout.

The issuing-body mix spans state departments (Utah Division of Purchasing, Georgia Department of Transportation), counties (Rockland County New York, Orange County California, Chatham County Georgia, Collier County Florida, Pinellas County Florida, Wayne County Michigan, San Bernardino County California), cities (Dallas, Brownsville, Seaside Oregon, Stonecrest Georgia, Tolleson Arizona, Gainesville Florida, Westerville Ohio, Duluth Georgia, Corinth Mississippi, Loganville Georgia, San Antonio, Fort Myers), school districts (Killingly Connecticut, Brockton Massachusetts), water and transit authorities (Great Lakes Water Authority Michigan, West Basin Municipal Water District California, Gila River Indian Community Arizona), and special-purpose districts and councils of government (Orange County Flood Control District California, Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments, West Georgia Regional Airport Authority). Geographic activity concentrates in California (Orange County ongoing task order RFQs for flood control, cost estimating, surveying, mechanical and plumbing design, and landfill services), Georgia (Chatham County roadway design and grade separation projects, Duluth trail design, Stonecrest sidewalk design, Dahlonega preliminary engineering), and Arizona and Connecticut, with significant recent opportunities also in Utah, Ohio, Michigan, Florida, and Mississippi. Representative recent solicitations include the State of Utah Division of Purchasing RFP SB26-6 for construction project management services (due August 20, 2026), covering site due diligence, design support, procurement planning, construction surveillance, and program management across planning, design, and construction phases on a five-year cooperative purchasing contract with historical usage weighted 55.5 percent to K-12 schools; the City of Dallas RFP CIZDWU26241E for engineering services to develop construction plans and specifications for stormwater and flood protection improvements (due August 21, 2026); Rockland County New York RFP RFPRC2026CP1491001 for architecture and engineering design services for veterans cemetery beautification at two locations (due August 18, 2026); and the County of Orange California RFQ 0803091004RE for flood control engineering services establishing a qualified vendor list for county-wide and district-wide task order contracts (due August 13, 2026) with three-year terms, time-and-materials compensation, and evaluation weighted to qualifications and experience (40 percent), key personnel (20 percent), and availability (25 percent).