UNSPSC 15111505: Butane

UNSPSC 15111505 Butane (Commodity) covers propane and liquefied petroleum gas delivery and supply services to state and local government facilities, fleets, and institutions. State and local procurements under this code are actually buying recurring propane fuel deliveries, tank installation and maintenance, and emergency refueling infrastructure for municipal vehicles, school district buses and heating systems, county facilities, fire departments, and parks. The work spans routine monthly or seasonal deliveries to fixed tank locations, emergency 24-hour delivery response, tank provisioning and replacement where agencies own infrastructure or rent and manage vendor-owned equipment, and systems integration for automated monitoring and fuel-level management. Issuing bodies include school districts (the dominant buyer type in recent activity), municipal public works and fleet departments, county facilities and fire rescue operations, state agencies, and regional cooperative purchasing groups. School districts appear across multiple jurisdictions—Union County Board of Education (Georgia), Lauderdale County Board of Education (Mississippi), Tate County School District (Mississippi), Ocean Springs Board of Education (Mississippi), and Bibb County Public Schools (Georgia)—suggesting recurring annual procurement cycles tied to fiscal-year budget cycles and heating-season demand.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, California, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Indiana, and across South Dakota statewide. Recent representative solicitations include the City of Santa Monica's five-year propane contract for municipal fleet fueling posted June 25, 2026 with response due July 22, 2026 (IFB); Union County Board of Education's one-year propane gas service RFQ-27-003 posted June 16, 2026 with due date July 16, 2026; Lauderdale County Board of Education's 24-month bulk propane supply covering 70,000 gallons annually across seven school facilities (bid due June 10, 2026); the State of South Dakota's tankwagon and transport propane procurement across 84 state locations with 400,000-plus gallons estimated annual volume (IFB 26IFB19826, due June 2, 2026); Bibb County Public Schools' district-wide propane infrastructure and supply RFP for 157 propane buses and facility operations consuming 644,243 gallons annually (RFP 26-028, due February 23, 2026); and the Berkshire Regional Group Purchasing Program's cooperative fuel procurement for 32 Massachusetts municipalities including liquid propane as line item FY27-17 (due April 17, 2026). Pricing structures commonly employ fixed per-gallon rates for contract periods ranging from one to five years, with many solicitations explicitly prohibiting price increases or tying adjustments to published market indices such as the OPIS propane price for regional terminals or the AePEX Energy Los Angeles Butane Propane Newsletter. School districts dominate the activity by frequency and total estimated volume; municipal fleet and fire-rescue operations represent secondary but steady demand.