UNSPSC 81103005: Marine heavy lifting service

Service that includes the transportation, handling and installation of heavy items which are indivisible, and of weights generally accepted to be over 100 tons and of widths/heights of more than 100 meters. These oversized items are transported from one place to another (sometimes across country borders) then lifted or installed into place.

UNSPSC 81103005 Marine heavy lifting service is a Commodity code covering vessel flotation, removal, transport, and deployment services. State and local governments use this code almost exclusively for derelict vessel removal funded through state environmental grant programs and, less frequently, for marine infrastructure projects such as artificial reef deployment. The work spans floating and extraction of grounded or partially submerged vessels, hazardous material and contaminant removal, transport to disposal sites, and specialized offshore loading and positioning operations. Contractors must maintain marine-specific insurance including Protection & Indemnity coverage, maritime workers compensation, and marine pollution liability, each typically at $1 million per occurrence / $2 million aggregate minimums. Work is time-constrained—most derelict removals require completion within fourteen calendar days of Notice to Proceed—and subject to environmental best management practices including turbidity control, protected-species avoidance, and daytime-only operations. Issuing bodies are predominantly Florida county marine resources divisions and coastal management agencies, particularly Escambia County Marine Resources Division, which has posted nine of the ten most recent opportunities under this code.

Recent activity concentrates almost entirely in Northwest Florida, with Escambia County Marine Resources Division driving the majority of volume through its applications to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Derelict Vessel Removal Grant Opportunity. Volusia County Coastal Division posted one artificial reef deployment opportunity. Representative recent solicitations include Escambia County's Derelict Vessel Removal, Transport, and Disposal for the 33-foot Southern Cross (Solicitation WM264320260915, price quote due September 23, 2026), the 32-foot Islander near Pensacola Pass (WM2638, re-solicited August 11, 2026 after damage from Tropical Storm Bertha), and the 20-foot Four Winns in Perdido Bay (WM264020260729, due August 6, 2026), all via ITQ (Invitation to Quote) with lump-sum pricing; and Volusia County's Artificial Reef Deployment (ITB 26B127JS, due November 5, 2026 with a non-mandatory pre-solicitation meeting on October 8, 2026), which requires loading reef materials onto a 500-ton ABS-rated deck barge and deploying at GPS coordinates within ninety days, with an initial three-year term and two optional one-year renewals subject to annual price redeterminations.