UNSPSC 81103008: Marine consultancy services

The provision of consultation and advisory services on various aspects of marine activity.

UNSPSC 81103008 Marine consultancy services is a Commodity-tier code showing little relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code's nominal scope—advisory services for marine environments, maritime operations, or coastal engineering—does not match the recent opportunities tagged under it. Of the twenty-eight opportunities listed, none involve marine or maritime consulting. Instead, the set includes federal funds tracking systems (Texas Health and Human Services), skilled nursing facilities (Washington), geophysical surveys of cemetery burial sites (Colorado), member outreach facilitation (Michigan water authority), federal lobbying (New Mexico city), airport construction management (California), taxiway pavement rehabilitation (Sacramento), airport planning (Georgia and Dallas), transit planning (Texas), fire service consolidation studies (South Carolina), water system master planning (California), trail management (New Jersey), and dozens of other services spanning education, healthcare, economic development, community engagement, and municipal administration—none of which fall within marine consultancy scope. This mismatch suggests the code has been misapplied in tagging or that the procurement system has indexed the code incorrectly.

State and local buyers posting under this code span counties, cities, school districts, transit authorities, and special-purpose districts across Texas, Georgia, California, Florida, Michigan, New Jersey, Washington, Colorado, South Carolina, and other states, with no concentration in coastal or maritime jurisdictions. The absence of genuine marine consultancy opportunities and the inconsistency between the code's definition and actual solicitations indicate this is not a productive category for business development pursuit in state and local procurement at this time.