UNSPSC 24131607: Blast freezers

UNSPSC 24131607 Blast freezers, a Commodity code, captures state and local procurement for walk-in freezer units and related refrigeration equipment serving food service, evidence storage, and institutional dining operations. Recent solicitations reflect a shift toward prefabricated, modular freezer systems with comprehensive installation—removals, electrical work, condensing and evaporating units, shelving, and startup—rather than freezer bodies alone. Issuing bodies span school districts (Houghton Lake Community Schools Michigan, Richmond County Board of Education Georgia, Temple ISD Texas, Midland Public Schools Michigan, West Ottawa Public Schools Michigan, Pierce County School System Georgia, Sinton ISD Texas), county sheriff and detention facilities (Gwinnett County Georgia, Texas Department of Criminal Justice at multiple units, Denton State Supported Living Center), state university systems (Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Georgia, Texas A&M University System), transit and public agencies (City of Wichita Kansas, Texas Workforce Commission), and regional health and services entities (Texas Health and Human Services Commission). School districts and state criminal-justice procurement dominate recent volume, with districts typically seeking single replacement units for existing cafeteria footprints and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issuing multiple overlapping RFQs for refrigerated storage containers at individual correctional facilities.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Michigan, and Kansas. Representative solicitations include Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office Freezer #8 Replacement (PE77023NONST2027000000662, sealed-bid IFB, due August 7, 2026), requiring walk-in freezer installation with concrete work, electrical modifications, fire sprinkler system changes, and heated floor slab at a Georgia detention facility; Sacramento County Sheriff's Property Warehouse frost-free evidence-storage freezer (RFB 2026-RFB-0061, due July 7, 2026), specifying a prefabricated Dalton-brand knock-down system with disassembly, materials, and assembly labor priced separately, funded by federal or state grant with August 30, 2026 delivery deadline; Temple ISD kitchen equipment and fixtures (RFP-008-26, due March 25, 2026 via Bonfire), soliciting walk-in cooler/freezer plus six serving lines across thirty-one equipment items, evaluating on cost (40 points), quality and compliance with NSF/UL/ENERGY STAR standards (25 points), vendor experience and past relationships (25 points), and warranties (5 points); and Texas Department of Criminal Justice refrigerated storage containers at Lindsey State Jail (IW256883, due July 21, 2026), Kyle Unit (IW255164, due July 15, 2026), Willacy County (IW255157, due July 14, 2026), and Bell Unit (IW255054, due July 13, 2026), all posted in June–July 2026 with minimal specification detail provided in notices. School districts and institutional buyers typically weight cost at 30–40 percent, evaluate quality and warranty coverage heavily, and require mandatory pre-bid or site visits and certified general liability and workers' compensation insurance. Multi-year contracts with optional renewals and liquidated damages for delays are standard in renovation or replacement projects.