UNSPSC 20122501: Blaster tools

UNSPSC 20122501 Blaster tools is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity encompasses refrigerant extraction and removal services for appliances and HVAC equipment, EPA-certified recovery and documentation, and law enforcement equipment procurement frameworks. The issuing bodies reflect a mixed municipal and cooperative purchasing structure: the City of Tucson's Environmental and General Services Division solicited EPA-certified refrigerant reclamation services for appliance gas extraction, while Sourcewell, the Minnesota-based local government service cooperative, issued a statewide and multi-jurisdictional RFP for law enforcement equipment on behalf of its participating entities across Washington and other U.S. jurisdictions. The scope under this code spans technically specialized environmental services — extraction at minimum every two weeks from approximately 50 units per week with comprehensive gas destruction or recycling documentation — and broader public safety equipment provisioning through cooperative contracts available to thousands of governmental agencies, school districts, and public entities.

Recent activity centers on the Southwest and Pacific Northwest regions. The City of Tucson issued RFP No. 240011 with a response deadline of September 19, 2024, seeking an EPA-certified refrigerant reclaimer for the Los Reales Sustainability Campus, with a one-year initial term and up to four optional one-year renewals; a pre-submittal conference was scheduled for March 19, 2024 via Microsoft Teams. Sourcewell issued RFP #061626 on May 12, 2026, with proposals due June 16, 2026 at 3:30 p.m. Central Time through the Sourcewell Procurement Portal, establishing a cooperative contracting solution for law enforcement equipment across Franklin County, Grant County, Grays Harbor County, Chelan County, Yakima County, and participating entities nationwide. The refrigerant extraction opportunity appears to reference Federal Transit Administration terms and conditions with potential DBE participation provisions, while the Sourcewell cooperative procurement structure allows broad access to vendor contracts across multiple public sector entity types without explicit budget or set-aside detail in available documentation.