UNSPSC 20121320: Shear joints

UNSPSC 20121320 Shear joints is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity covers refrigerant and gas extraction services rather than physical joint components. The City of Tucson Environmental and General Services Division solicited EPA-certified refrigerant reclaimers to extract gases from approximately 50 appliance units per week at the Los Reales Sustainability Campus, with extraction required at minimum every two weeks and comprehensive documentation of gas destruction or recycling. Work under this code involves environmental compliance services tied to sustainable asset management and appliance disposal, performed by technically certified contractors rather than product manufacturing or traditional construction joint installation. Issuing bodies for this code span municipal environmental divisions and, based on the single recent opportunity in the dataset, include city-level sustainability and general services departments with federal transit administration compliance requirements.

The City of Tucson posted RFP No. 240011 on September 30, 2026, with a final proposal due date of September 19, 2024, and a pre-submittal conference scheduled for March 19, 2024, via Microsoft Teams. The initial contract term is one year with potential for up to four additional one-year renewals. The pricing structure includes line items for removing Freon, mixed gas, and refrigerant, as well as hourly labor rates for general operating hours, after-hours work, and holiday rates, though specific budget ranges are not provided. The opportunity references Federal Transit Administration Terms and Conditions and includes provisions for disadvantaged business enterprise participation. Recent activity under this code is limited in the available dataset; the single representative opportunity reflects municipal-level environmental services procurement in Arizona.