UNSPSC 12352158: Vehicle urea

It is an organic compound with the formula (NH2)2CO and is synthesized using ammonia and carbon dioxide. It is a raw material for vehicle urea water used for the purpose of removing nitrogen oxide, an air pollutant emitted from diesel vehicles.

UNSPSC 12352158 Vehicle urea (Commodity) does not match the actual scope of state and local procurement activity under this code. Recent solicitations tagged with this code consistently solicit diesel fuel, gasoline, diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), and associated petroleum products — not urea or urea-based products. The code's nominal name refers to vehicle urea, but state and local issuing bodies use it to procure bulk fuel supply, delivery, and monitoring services for fleet operations, transit agencies, and municipal departments. This mismatch between the code's taxonomy label and what is actually being bought suggests the code is either a mis-tagging artifact or has been repurposed in practice by state and local procurement offices.

The issuing-body mix spans state departments, counties, cities, school districts, and transit authorities across multiple states. Texas leads in recent activity, with solicitations from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (marine fuel for law enforcement vessels, IFB, due July 29, 2026), Hunt County (gasoline and diesel, ITB, due August 11, 2026), the City of Waco (dyed diesel and diesel fuel, two RFPs, due February 10–11, 2026), and the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) (bulk ULSD and DEF, multiple IFBs, due June 17 and February 18–March 4, 2026). California, Florida, Georgia, and Massachusetts also show significant activity. The State of South Dakota (tankwagon and transport fuels, IFB, due May 5, 2026), the Illinois Department of Transportation District 3 (diesel, biodiesel, and gasoline, IFB, due April 3, 2026), the City of Gainesville Regional Transit System in Florida (gasoline and diesel, ITB, due May 15, 2026), and the Berkshire Regional Group Purchasing Program in Massachusetts (cooperative procurement for gasoline, diesel, heating oil, and propane across 32 municipalities, due April 17, 2026) represent additional geographic and issuing-body diversity. School districts solicit fuel independently: Union County Board of Education in Georgia (non-ethanol gasoline and on-road diesel, RFQ, due July 16, 2026), South Panola School District in Mississippi (diesel fuel, sealed bids, due June 15, 2026), Leake County Board of Education in Mississippi (diesel and unleaded gasoline, sealed bids, due June 9, 2026), and Parkway School District in Missouri (bulk DEF, sealed bids, due May 26, 2026). Solicitations typically specify OPIS-indexed pricing (Oil Price Information Service daily or weekly rack averages) with bidder markups or markdowns, delivery within 24 hours of order, minimum insurance requirements, and contract terms of one to five years with optional renewals. The geographic spread reflects activity across the South, Midwest, Southwest, and West, with no apparent concentration in a single region.