UNSPSC 20101617: Gearmotors

UNSPSC 20101617 Gearmotors (Commodity) encompasses electric motor repair and replacement services across water and wastewater utilities, power generation facilities, and transportation infrastructure. State and local governments are procuring motor repair, rebuild, and maintenance services—including disassembly, rewinding, bearing replacement, and testing—along with emergency backup generators, generator installation systems, and related control-center equipment such as motor control centers and transfer switches. Recent solicitations show water and wastewater utilities dominating the activity, with Volusia County (Florida) issuing two separate ITBs within six weeks for electric motor repair services across seven wastewater and nine water treatment facilities plus 126 sewer lift stations, requiring 24-hour response times and 15-month warranties on submersible and dry-application motors up to 100 horsepower. Additional recent opportunities include generator installation work (Atlanta), emergency power systems contracts (Fairfax County, Virginia), lift-station motor control center installation (Bartow, Florida), and bus-fleet engine and chassis repair (Broward County Transportation).

The issuing bodies span state departments, county utilities, cities, and transit authorities, with water and wastewater utilities appearing most frequently in the recent pipeline. Geographic activity concentrates in Florida (Volusia County, Bartow, Palm Beach County, Bay County, Lee County), Georgia (Columbia County, Atlanta, DeKalb County), and Virginia (Fairfax County), with additional sporadic activity in South Dakota. Volusia County's two electric motor repair solicitations—ITB 27B03LB (due October 21, 2026) and the earlier ITB 26B134LS (due September 25, 2026)—are the most recent and representative, using cost-plus-markup pricing on a Sample Job List of eleven representative motors, awarding on lowest responsive and responsible bid, with 3 percent local preference and three-year initial terms. The City of Atlanta's emergency generator improvements RFP (PE66166NONST2027000000048, due November 10, 2026) calls for furnishing and installing 40 fixed generators, 10 portable generator hookups, and 5 portable generators with infrastructure within 365 calendar days.