UNSPSC 21111600: Aquaculture equipment

UNSPSC 21111600 Aquaculture equipment is a Class code that encompasses seawater intake systems, tank and raceway infrastructure, and marine propagation hardware for shellfish and fish nursery operations. State and local governments procure under this code specialized equipment including fiberglass-reinforced plastic (FRP) seawater intakes, intake hoses, clam raceways, upweller tanks, storage silos, pump systems, and complete integrated seawater management systems for hatchery and fingerling-rearing facilities. Issuing bodies include town and county governments with aquaculture and fisheries management functions—specifically municipal departments managing shellfish propagation facilities and county conservation or natural resources divisions overseeing trout nurseries and fish rearing programs. The mix is small and geographically dispersed, driven by state-level fisheries agencies and local collaborative arrangements with state fish and wildlife commissions rather than concentrated procurement demand.

Recent activity clusters in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. The Town of Chatham, Massachusetts has posted two overlapping bids for 90 Bridge Street Shellfish Propagation facilities (solicitation BD2671 and BD261558TMS01TMS01129622, both May 2026) seeking FRP seawater intakes, intake hoses, clam raceways, upweller tanks, silos, pumps, davit cranes, piping, outfall diffusers, and associated electrical and plumbing connections, with responses due early June 2026. Montgomery County, Pennsylvania is seeking a ten-year sub-lease operator for a trout nursery facility at 57 Upper Farm Road, Norriton, to rear fingerling trout in six pool raceways for fishing derbies and public access (solicitation 2629, due June 4, 2026). Opportunities under this code appear episodic—driven by specific facility build-outs or modernization projects rather than recurring procurement cycles—and tend to be bundled with civil infrastructure or operational leasing, making them difficult to isolate as discrete equipment purchases.