UNSPSC 24131506: Refrigerated tanks

UNSPSC 24131506 Refrigerated tanks (Commodity) covers the supply, delivery, and installation of walk-in and reach-in freezer and cooler units that state and local governments procure for food service operations, evidence storage, and facility maintenance. Recent solicitations show school districts, county sheriff's offices, state corrections departments, county health and human services agencies, and municipal cultural facilities all buying prefabricated and custom freezer/cooler systems, typically as capital equipment replacements with installation and warranty support included. The work involves equipment specification and procurement (often with manufacturer names such as Kolpak, Thermo-Kool, Dalton, Heatcraft, and Amerikooler), delivery and assembly labor, refrigeration system installation, and related electrical and mechanical work. Issuing bodies span independent school districts (Temple ISD, Houghton Lake Community Schools, West Ottawa Public Schools, Richmond County and Bartow County schools in Georgia, Midland Public Schools in Michigan), county sheriff's offices and correctional facilities (Gwinnett County Sheriff, Texas Department of Criminal Justice across multiple units, Sacramento County Sheriff), state health and human services agencies (Texas HHSC at Denton State Supported Living Center, Texas Workforce Commission at Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center), municipal cultural departments (City of Wichita), universities (Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Texas A&M University System), and county purchasing cooperatives (Sourcewell). The code sees substantial recent activity across Texas, Georgia, Michigan, Kansas, and California, with secondary activity in Arizona and national cooperative purchasing vehicles.

Representative recent solicitations include the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' sealed-bid procurement (PE77023NONST2027000000662, due August 7, 2026) for a Sheriff's Office Freezer #8 replacement involving concrete work, walk-in freezer installation, and barrier modifications; Sacramento County Sheriff's prefabricated walk-in frost-free evidence-storage freezer (RFB 2026-RFB-0061, due July 7, 2026) specified to Dalton brand with disassembly and assembly labor, due August 30, 2026 to meet grant-funding deadlines; Midland Public Schools' Thermo-Kool walk-in cooler/freezer combo at Dow High with demolition and installation (RFPMID2600000013121, due March 12, 2026, work June 8 through August 14, 2026, subject to Michigan prevailing wage); West Ottawa Public Schools' two-compartment Kolpak cooler/freezer with stainless steel and LED specifications (RFPWOP2600000018421, due May 6, 2026); and multiple Texas Department of Criminal Justice refrigerated storage container procurements across Lindsey State Jail, B Moore Unit, Kyle Unit, Willacy County State Jail, and Bell Unit (IW256883, IW255068, IW255164, IW255157, IW255054, due July 9 through July 21, 2026). Most school district and municipal procurements are RFPs or RFBs with response cycles of three to eight weeks; TDCJ procurements use the Bonfire portal with shorter cycles. Insurance, performance bonds, prevailing wage (where applicable), and manufacturer-specific equipment specifications dominate contract requirements. The code sees active competitive participation with no dominant regional suppliers apparent from recent awards.