UNSPSC 20101802: Scissor bolters

UNSPSC 20101802 Scissor bolters is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity covers EPA-certified refrigerant reclamation and gas extraction services rather than the code's nominal equipment scope. The City of Tucson Environmental and General Services Division solicited gas extraction services under this code, seeking a contractor to remove refrigerants and mixed gases from appliances and products collected at a municipal sustainability campus. The work involves EPA-certified technicians performing extractions on approximately 50 units per week at minimum bi-weekly intervals, maintaining detailed documentation of gas recovery and destruction or recycling, and utilizing EPA-approved recovery equipment. The code shows a mismatch between its nominal commodity name and what is actually being procured at the municipal level, suggesting either a data-entry error in the original solicitation tagging or a state and local taxonomy that maps environmental services differently than the federal UNSPSC hierarchy. The single recent opportunity appears to be driven by a municipality's need for compliant hazardous-gas management at a facilities and sustainability operation.

The City of Tucson issued RFP No. 240011 for Gas Extraction and Removal with a response deadline of September 19, 2024, through its Environmental and General Services Division. The contract includes a one-year initial term with up to four one-year renewals and references Federal Transit Administration DBE participation provisions, though explicit set-aside designations are not detailed in the available documentation. A pre-submittal conference was scheduled for March 19, 2024, via Microsoft Teams. The procurement spans Pima County and reflects Arizona municipal procurement activity, though the source provides no evidence of additional recent opportunities under this code in other states or from other issuing bodies. The lack of corroborating recent opportunities under the code suggests limited state and local procurement volume in this area or a systemic tagging anomaly.