UNSPSC 24131502: Liquid nitrogen refrigerators

UNSPSC 24131502 Liquid nitrogen refrigerators, a Commodity code, sees active state and local procurement concentrated in walk-in cooler and freezer installations for school food service operations, county sheriff facilities, state correctional institutions, and municipal venues. State and local bodies are soliciting prefabricated walk-in units, refrigerated storage containers, and associated refrigeration system replacements—rarely liquid-nitrogen-specific equipment, despite the code's nominal scope. The issuing-body mix spans school districts (Richmond County Board of Education, Georgia; Houghton Lake Community Schools, Michigan; Temple ISD, Texas; West Ottawa Public Schools, Michigan; Pierce County School System, Georgia), county governments (Gwinnett County, Georgia; Sacramento County, California; Bartow County Schools, Georgia; Midland Public Schools, Michigan), state agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), municipalities (City of Wichita, Kansas; City of Tucson, Arizona), and specialized public entities (Texas A&M University System, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College). School districts and county agencies dominate recent activity, with Texas Department of Criminal Justice alone posting multiple procurement notices for refrigerated containers at correctional facilities within a two-week window in late June 2026.

Recent activity clusters in Texas, Georgia, Michigan, Kansas, and California. Representative opportunities include Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office Freezer #8 Replacement Project (sealed bid, August 7, 2026 due date, involving walk-in freezer installation with concrete slab work and facility modifications); Sacramento County Sheriff's Property Warehouse walk-in frost-free evidence-storage freezer kit (RFB 2026-RFB-0061, July 7, 2026 due, Dalton brand prefabricated systems); Texas Health and Human Services Commission refrigeration equipment installation at Denton State Supported Living Center (IFB HHS0017176V2, June 26, 2026 due, Heatcraft Refrigeration Products condensing and evaporator units); and Houghton Lake Community Schools walk-in freezer replacement (RFP, May 22, 2026 due, 20' x 10' or 20' x 16' configurations). Texas Department of Criminal Justice posted separate solicitations for refrigerated storage containers at Lindsey State Jail (IW256883), B Moore Unit (IW255068), Kyle Unit (IW255164), Willacy County State Jail (IW255157), and Bell Unit (IW255054), all with response dates between July 9 and July 21, 2026, though technical specifications remain undisclosed in public notices. Sourcewell, a Minnesota cooperative purchasing vehicle, issued RFP #061626 for law enforcement equipment (June 16, 2026 due) on behalf of participating counties in Washington state and other jurisdictions nationwide, though the connection between law enforcement equipment and refrigeration remains unclear from the posted summary. The code shows substantial activity but a systematic mismatch between the code's nominal scope (liquid nitrogen refrigerators) and actual procurement (conventional walk-in coolers and freezers with electric compressors).