UNSPSC 26111611: Auxiliary generator

A generator used to store or supply electric energy using auxiliary power sources including battery.

UNSPSC 26111611 Auxiliary generator (Commodity) encompasses standby and emergency backup power equipment that state and local governments procure for facility resilience, including both turnkey generator installation projects and ongoing maintenance and repair services across municipal departments, water utilities, correctional facilities, airports, and emergency services. Recent solicitations show a mix of definite-quantity purchases of new equipment (School Board of Volusia County, Florida seeking five 125 kW trailer-mounted generators under ITB; City of Waxahachie procuring and installing a 250 kW diesel system; Hillsborough County Capital Projects installing a 1500 kW system at a wastewater facility), as well as long-term service contracts covering inspection, preventive maintenance, repair, and 24/7 emergency response for existing generator fleets (Orange County Sheriff-Coroner managing 33 facilities; City of Phoenix maintaining over 300 generators across multiple departments; Seminole County, Florida servicing approximately 230 generators under a three-year multiple-vendor RFP). Issuing bodies span state departments (South Dakota Sourcewell procurement), county utilities and public works departments (Hillsborough County, Cumming Utilities), municipalities (Waxahachie, Phoenix, Tampa), school districts (Volusia County), correctional agencies (Maryland DPSCS), and special-purpose districts (Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County). Several jurisdictions—Waxahachie, Henry County Georgia, Beaufort County South Carolina, and Seminole County Florida—have posted multiple related opportunities, indicating sustained procurement activity.

Geographic activity concentrates in Florida, Georgia, and Arizona, with secondary activity in South Carolina, Texas, California, Maryland, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix's IFB-26-0395 for preventive maintenance, testing, and repair of over 300 industrial generators ranging from 35 kW to 3,500 kW across aviation, utilities, fire, police, and parks facilities (offers due October 9, 2026, five-year term commencing December 1, 2026, with DBE-Neutral small business participation requirements); Hillsborough County Capital Projects' IFB for procurement and installation of a 1500 kW diesel generator system at the Valrico Reclaimed Water Facility estimated at $4.7 million (bids due November 18, 2026, with a 5% SBE subcontractor participation goal and partial FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funding); Beaufort County, South Carolina's IFB for procurement and installation of a 350 kW diesel generator, automatic transfer switch, and associated electrical and construction work at its Administration Building (bids due November 10, 2026, with S/MBE participation required unless the contractor performs 100% in-house); and the City of Cumming, Georgia's solicitation for a 2,500 kW turnkey generator and switchgear system at its Potable Water Production Facility (proposals due August 7, 2026). Purchase models vary from one-time definite-quantity buys to single-prime turnkey installation contracts with performance guarantees to renewable annual or multi-year service agreements with per-unit or hourly billing; insurance requirements (commercial general liability of $1 million to $5 million per occurrence and workers' compensation at statutory limits) and performance or payment bonds equal to 100% of contract value are standard across most opportunities.