UNSPSC 20131001: Filtration control agents

UNSPSC 20131001 Filtration control agents is a Commodity code that state and local governments use to procure chemical agents and equipment for gas extraction, recovery, and refrigerant management services — though recent solicitations show minimal alignment between the code's nominal scope and actual buying activity. The City of Tucson Environmental and General Services Division has posted RFP 240011 for EPA-certified refrigerant reclaimer services, seeking extraction of gases from approximately 50 appliance units per week at the Los Reales Sustainability Campus, with documentation of gas destruction or recycling required. The code also appears on an unrelated cooperative purchasing RFP issued by Sourcewell on behalf of multiple Washington counties for law enforcement equipment — a mismatch that signals the code sees limited relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. Issuing bodies engaging under the code include municipal environmental divisions and, in the unrelated case, a regional cooperative purchasing vehicle serving multiple counties and special-purpose districts.

Activity is concentrated in the Southwest, with the Tucson solicitation representing the primary recent opportunity tied to the code's nominal scope. The City of Tucson RFP (240011) requires EPA certification, comprehensive gas recovery documentation, and certified technician labor, with a one-year initial contract term renewable for up to four additional years; proposals are due September 19, 2024, at 2:00 P.M. Arizona time, with a pre-submittal conference scheduled for March 19, 2024, via Microsoft Teams. Sourcewell's Law Enforcement Equipment RFP (061626) closed June 16, 2026, and does not represent relevant filtration or gas-extraction work. The code shows limited recent depth beyond the Tucson opportunity, indicating either sparse state and local demand or systematic miscoding of refrigerant recovery services under alternative taxonomy.