UNSPSC 20111704: Drilling screens

UNSPSC 20111704 Drilling screens (Commodity) encompasses environmental remediation equipment and components used by state and local governments to extract, filter, and process gases and refrigerants from appliances, HVAC systems, and industrial equipment. The code captures the physical screening and extraction apparatus required to comply with EPA regulations on refrigerant recovery and gas management, typically procured by municipal environmental services divisions, county waste management programs, and specialized sustainability facilities that handle end-of-life appliance processing. State and local buyers under this code are primarily environmental protection and general services divisions within cities and counties, often operating sustainability campuses or hazardous-materials recovery centers, and cooperative purchasing entities that aggregate procurement across multiple jurisdictions.

Recent activity shows the City of Tucson Environmental and General Services Division issuing RFP No. 240011 for Gas Extraction and Removal services at the Los Reales Sustainability Campus, with response due September 19, 2024, seeking EPA-certified refrigerant reclaimers capable of extracting gases from approximately 50 units per week using EPA-approved recovery equipment and properly certified technicians. Activity is concentrated in the Southwest (Arizona), with cooperative purchasing vehicles such as Sourcewell extending reach across multiple states including Washington (Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, and Yakima Counties) through law-enforcement-equipment frameworks that may include screening and extraction components. The code shows sparse recent activity specific to drilling screens as a discrete commodity; the opportunities present are primarily gas extraction and refrigerant recovery services rather than screening hardware alone, suggesting the code may be underutilized or that screening components are commonly procured as subcomponents of larger extraction or HVAC systems rather than as standalone line items.