UNSPSC 24131500: Industrial refrigerators

UNSPSC 24131500 Industrial refrigerators is a Class code covering the purchase, installation, rental, service, and repair of walk-in freezers, walk-in coolers, reach-in refrigeration units, portable refrigerated containers, and related commercial refrigeration equipment by state and local public bodies. State and local governments buy under this code for food service operations (school kitchens, detention centers, corrections facilities, community centers, stadiums), evidence storage (law enforcement forensic units), and state-supported living centers. Issuing bodies span state departments of rehabilitation, health and human services, and criminal justice; county sheriffs' offices, school districts, and municipal facilities management; and special-purpose entities including transit authorities and corrections facilities.

Recent activity concentrates in California, Texas, and Georgia, with scattered solicitations in Minnesota, Michigan, and Florida. Representative opportunities include the California Department of Rehabilitation's IFB for commercial refrigeration service and repair across four counties (posted August 4, 2026, bids due August 18, 2026) encompassing preventive maintenance and emergency response for refrigerators, freezers, walk-in coolers and freezers, and related equipment with a four-hour response requirement; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's multiple solicitations for refrigerated storage containers at individual correctional facilities (Bell Unit, Kyle Unit, Willacy County State Jail, Bridgeport Unit, and Lindsey State Jail) posted June through August 2026 with responses due within weeks; Gwinnett County's competitive quote for kitchen equipment at Lenora Park Community Center (posted September 2, 2026, quotes due September 9, 2026) including a full-height stainless steel freezer and ice machine; and the City of Austin's IFB for rental, delivery, maintenance, and service of portable refrigerated containers for DNA evidence storage (posted August 17, 2026, bids due September 15, 2026) with a 5 percent local small business discount. Service and maintenance work predominates alongside new equipment procurement, with equipment specifications often tied to existing units (Heatcraft, Traulsen, Amerikooler, Dalton systems are named frequently) and response-time requirements common in law enforcement and corrections contexts.