UNSPSC 20122302: Slickline backoffs

UNSPSC 20122302 Slickline backoffs is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity encompasses refrigerant recovery and gas extraction services from appliances and HVAC equipment. The City of Tucson Environmental and General Services Division has solicited EPA-certified refrigerant reclaimers to extract gases from approximately 50 units weekly at its Los Reales Sustainability Campus, with technicians required to hold current EPA certifications and provide detailed documentation of gas destruction or recycling. The work involves specialized equipment operation, compliance with federal environmental regulations, and consistent extraction scheduling at minimum bi-weekly intervals. The issuing bodies under this code include municipal environmental divisions and, through cooperative purchasing vehicles, thousands of state and local jurisdictions; Sourcewell (a Minnesota local government unit and service cooperative) has issued a parallel RFP for law enforcement equipment available to participating entities across multiple states, though the connection between that procurement and the refrigerant recovery scope is unclear from the available documentation.

Recent activity centers on Arizona, where the City of Tucson posted RFP 240011 with a response deadline of September 19, 2024, and proposals due at 2:00 p.m. local time; the initial contract term is one year with four potential one-year renewals. The Tucson procurement includes a comprehensive pricing structure with line items for Freon, mixed gas, and refrigerant extraction as well as hourly labor rates for standard, after-hours, and holiday work. A pre-submittal conference was scheduled for March 19, 2024, via Microsoft Teams. The RFP references Federal Transit Administration terms and conditions, which typically include disadvantaged business enterprise participation provisions. Sourcewell's RFP 061626 for law enforcement equipment (due June 16, 2026) spans Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, and Yakima counties in Washington and participating jurisdictions nationwide, though the specific relevance of that solicitation to the refrigerant backoff commodity code is not evident from the materials provided.