UNSPSC 25101709: Smoke exhaust truck

Truck equipped with a ventilator to clear smoke out of the building in case of fire.

UNSPSC 25101709 Smoke exhaust truck (Commodity) covers custom-fabricated emergency response vehicles—predominantly brush trucks, fire engines, pumpers, and specialized apparatus—that state and local fire departments, counties, and municipalities are actively procuring through competitive bidding and RFPs. The work involves design, manufacture, and delivery of single-source or competitive apparatus built on specified chassis (Ford F550, Ram 3500, Cummins-powered platforms) with integrated pump systems, water tanks, hose reels, lighting, and compartmented storage, all meeting NFPA 1900 and 1901 standards. Recent solicitations show fire departments across the Southeast and Texas acquiring new apparatus to replace aging equipment or meet operational gaps, with issuing bodies including county fire rescue departments (Brevard County Florida, Lowndes County Georgia, Bryan County Georgia, Collin County Texas), municipal fire departments (Lakeland Florida, Richmond Hill Georgia, Union City Georgia, Santa Monica California), and airport authorities (Augusta Regional Airport Georgia, Broward County Aviation Department Florida). The code also captures related services: maintenance and repair contracts for existing apparatus, firefighting hose inspection and supply, and specialized detection or safety systems integration into facilities housing apparatus.

Opportunities cluster heavily in Florida, Georgia, and Texas, with secondary activity in California and Maryland. Recent representative solicitations include Lowndes County's IFB for six brush trucks on Ford F550 chassis (September 17, 2026 bid deadline, mandatory pre-bid September 3), Chatham County Georgia's competitive sealed bid for five fire truck pumpers meeting NFPA standards with a 30 percent M/WBE participation goal (May 28, 2026 deadline), Broward County's fixed-price procurement of one structural fire engine for the Aviation Department (September 14, 2026 bid deadline with Addendum No. 2 extending scope), and Collin County Texas's IFB for institutional sprinkler head replacement in the county jail using Tyco Raven equipment ($150,000 opinion of probable cost, November 19, 2026 bid deadline with mandatory pre-bid meetings). State-level cooperative purchasing vehicles are emerging—Mississippi NASPO ValuePoint and Georgia Department of Administrative Services have released statewide RFPs for police and fire apparatus—signaling multi-jurisdictional volume opportunities. Prevailing wage, bonding, insurance minimums ($1–5 million general liability typical), and federal compliance (Buy American, Davis-Bacon where applicable) are standard across recent bids. Single-source specifications (Sutphen SL 75, Tyco Raven, Pierce apparatus by model) appear occasionally, narrowing eligible vendors to manufacturers or authorized dealers.