UNSPSC 26131500: Power plants

UNSPSC 26131500 Power plants is a Class code encompassing the design, engineering, installation, maintenance, and repair of distributed energy and power generation systems—including rooftop wind microturbines, solar photovoltaic arrays, and power distribution infrastructure—that state and local governments procure for municipal facilities, schools, water districts, and utilities. Recent solicitations reveal state and local buyers are actively pursuing distributed energy resource projects alongside solar installations on public buildings and equipment maintenance contracts. Issuing bodies span municipalities (City of Pasadena, City of Dallas, City of Madison, City of South Fulton), county governments and special districts (DeKalb County, Eastern Municipal Water District), school districts and regional education authorities (Town of Suffield, Regional School District No. 16, Woodland Regional High School), state procurement vehicles (South Dakota via Sourcewell), and public universities (Towson University). The solicitations show a mix of capital project work—design-build-maintain contracts for new distributed energy systems and solar installations—alongside specialized staffing and maintenance-and-repair service agreements, with the latter structured as indefinite-delivery contracts or task-order vehicles where quantities are determined as-needed throughout the term.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southwest and Southeast, with visible solicitation volume in California (Pasadena, Dallas), Connecticut (Suffield, Woodland Regional), Georgia (DeKalb County, South Fulton), and the Upper Midwest (Madison, South Dakota). Representative opportunities include the City of Pasadena Department of Water and Power's RFP 2026RFP0129 for design, engineering, permitting, and maintenance of a 5-kilowatt rooftop wind microturbine (due May 22, 2026), Regional School District No. 16's sealed-bid procurement for a 663.68-kilowatt solar photovoltaic installation at Woodland Regional High School (due June 1, 2026, with prevailing wage and Connecticut set-aside requirements), the Town of Suffield's ITB for photovoltaic system installation on Suffield High School (due July 28, 2026), the City of Dallas's bid solicitation for a three-year ID/IQ service agreement for solar equipment maintenance and repair (due July 17, 2026), and the City of South Fulton's RFP for solar photovoltaic contractor services with 24/7 standby response capability and task-order pricing (due April 9, 2026). Eastern Municipal Water District (Riverside County, California) issued RFP HH3944 for power distribution maintenance and repair services (due July 24, 2026). Towson University solicited Maryland Certified First Grade Stationary Engineer staffing for its power plant (due April 27, 2026). The City of Madison issued RFQ #5506-0-2026-AH for SolarEdge inverters and power optimizers (due March 6, 2026). Contract values and incumbent vendors are rarely disclosed in the opportunities posted; evaluation frequently emphasizes cost, technical capability, experience documentation, and responsiveness to performance timelines.