UNSPSC 24131517: Cryogenic refrigerating unit equipment

Cryogenic cooling uses refrigerants, such as liquid nitrogen or solid carbon dioxide, directly. Cryogenic freezing is often treated as a specific type of freezing method on its own, however, it is essentially an immersion/spray system, depending on how the cryogen is utilized. Cryogenic equipment includes cryogenic storage racks and boxes, cryogenic refrigerators, temperature controllers, cryogenics accessories and cryogenic tanks. A cryogenic tank or Dewar is used to store cryogenic gases such as liquid oxygen, nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide, and methane in bulk quantities.

UNSPSC 24131517 Cryogenic refrigerating unit equipment is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity encompasses medical-grade refrigeration units, pharmacy and vaccine storage refrigerators, portable freezer and refrigerator units, and emergency refrigerated truck rental services for evidence and medical supply storage. The issuing bodies pursuing this code span state corrections departments, police departments, and local government units managing healthcare and evidence-storage operations. Work under the code ranges from purchasing countertop medical pharmacy refrigerators with digital temperature control and alarm systems to procuring full-scale refrigeration infrastructure for multi-facility pharmacy and vaccine distribution networks and emergency backup refrigerated transport.

Recent opportunities reflect activity concentrated in the upper Midwest and South. The Illinois Department of Corrections issued two separate IFBs in May 2026 — one for 28 countertop medical pharmacy refrigerators with backup battery and alarm functions (due May 18, 2026, for delivery by June 30, 2026) and a second seeking bids for medical-grade refrigeration units and vaccine data loggers distributed across 26 statewide correctional facilities, with equipment required operational by June 30, 2026. The City of Tucson Police Department solicited emergency freezer and refrigerator semi-truck rental services through RFQ 250119 to support evidence storage. Sourcewell, a Minnesota-based service cooperative, issued RFP 061626 on June 12, 2026 (response due June 16, 2026) for law enforcement equipment available to participating entities across multiple states and Canadian jurisdictions, though specific refrigeration equipment details were not enumerated in available documentation. Vendors responding to Illinois IDOC refrigeration solicitations must be original manufacturers or authorized direct distributors; contracts over $100,000 require financial disclosures and encourage participation from minority-owned, women-owned, disabled-owned, disadvantaged, and veteran-owned businesses.