UNSPSC 15101702: #4 or #6 Residual heavy fuel oils

UNSPSC 15101702 Residual heavy fuel oils (Commodity) does not match the work actually being solicited under recent state and local opportunities tagged with this code. The recent opportunities in the dataset overwhelmingly solicit gasoline, diesel fuel, diesel exhaust fluid, and other refined petroleum products for fleet operations, transit systems, and municipal fuel supply—not residual heavy fuel oils (#4 or #6 bunker fuels typically used in industrial and marine applications). A single exception appears: the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department IFB for Marine Grade No. 2 Diesel Fuel for law enforcement vessels (response due July 29, 2026) comes closest to a marine-related fuel purchase, but specifies distillate diesel rather than residual oil. The code shows little relevant recent activity aligned with its nominal scope.

The actual procurement activity under this code number spans gasoline (87–92 octane unleaded, E10, non-ethanol blends), on-road and off-road diesel (ultra-low sulfur, dyed, renewable, biodiesel, and B5 blends), and diesel exhaust fluid, delivered to state transportation fleets, transit authorities, school districts, county and municipal operations, and water utilities across Texas, Florida, California, Georgia, Massachusetts, South Dakota, Illinois, and Mississippi. Issuing bodies include state departments of transportation, metropolitan transit authorities (METRO of Harris County, City of Gainesville RTS), county governments (Solano County, Escambia County, Hunt County, Walton County), cities (Santa Fe, Hayward, Daytona Beach, Waco, Temple, Santa Monica), school districts (Union County Board of Education, South Panola School District, Leake County Board of Education, Parkway School District), and regional purchasing cooperatives (Berkshire Regional Group Purchasing Program). Pricing is almost universally structured as OPIS rack price plus or minus a bidder-supplied markup per gallon, with delivery within 24 hours of order and tank monitoring systems increasingly required. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Solano County IFB (due July 10, 2026) for bulk unleaded and renewable diesel supporting 700+ fleet assets across six locations with 450,000 gallons annual volume; the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County IFB (due June 17, 2026) for 34.98 million gallons of ultra-low sulfur diesel over 24 months at primary rack locations; and the City of Hayward RFQ (due June 30, 2026) for gasoline, renewable diesel, and fuel card services across nine fire stations and support facilities.