UNSPSC 81103400: Engineering procurement and project management services

Engineering and Procurement Project is a service agreement to perform the services necessary for both the engineering including preparation and development of plans, drawings, and specifications, and limited procurement services.

UNSPSC 81103400 Engineering procurement and project management services (Class) covers design, planning, permitting, construction administration, and project oversight work for infrastructure, facility, and capital projects. State and local governments procure under this code when they engage consultants to develop construction plans and specifications, manage project timelines and budgets, conduct due diligence assessments, oversee construction compliance, and provide specialized engineering analysis—stopping short of performing the construction itself. Recent solicitations show broad demand for construction project management across K-12 schools, cities, counties, water authorities, and higher-education institutions. The State of Utah Division of Purchasing's RFP SB266 (due August 20, 2026) for construction management services on a five-year cooperative purchasing contract with $6.47 million in historical usage (2020–2025) illustrates the scale and reach: K-12 schools account for 55.5 percent of activity, cities 19 percent, service districts 17 percent, counties 6 percent, and state agencies 3.5 percent. Services span site due diligence, design support, procurement planning, construction surveillance, and administrative work across planning, design, and construction phases. Comparable activity includes the Great Lakes Water Authority's RFQ for engineering project management and construction inspection staff augmentation (due August 10, 2026), West Basin Municipal Water District's on-call professional engineering RFQ (due July 14, 2026 with five-firm award and $3 million estimated total value), and the City of Cleveland's general engineering services RFP (due July 29, 2026).

Geographic activity is concentrated in the Southwest and coastal regions. Utah, California, Florida, Texas, and Ohio show the densest recent activity. Sarasota County, Collier County, and the City of Fort Myers in Florida are repeat issuers; West Basin and Eastern Municipal Water District anchor California procurement; and Utah's statewide cooperative purchasing vehicle extends reach across the state and region. The mix of issuing bodies is diverse—state departments (Utah, Oregon, Texas), counties (Harris, Hillsborough, Sarasota, Collier, Escambia), municipalities (Dallas, Cleveland, Fort Myers, Bend, Santa Monica, Tolleson, Edinburg), water authorities (Great Lakes, West Basin, Eastern Municipal), colleges (Texas Woman's University, Tarrant County College District, Alvin College), and housing authorities (DHA, Alameda Housing Authority). Representative recent procurements include the State of Utah Division of Purchasing RFP for construction project management (cooperative purchasing, five-year term, due August 20, 2026); Sarasota County's coastal engineering services RPS for the Casey Key Resiliency Project (due August 19, 2026); the City of Dallas stormwater and flood protection engineering RFP (due August 21, 2026); and Rockland County, New York's architecture/engineering design services RFP for veterans cemetery beautification (due August 18, 2026). The code shows active, sustained procurement activity across multiple issuing bodies and jurisdictional types, with particular strength in water/wastewater infrastructure, transportation, and disaster recovery or resilience projects.