UNSPSC 26131509: Wind power plants

UNSPSC 26131509 Wind power plants is a Commodity code that encompasses design, engineering, installation, and maintenance services for distributed renewable energy systems at municipal and county facilities, though recent state and local opportunities under this code show substantial scope drift toward solar photovoltaic systems, battery energy storage, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and waste-to-energy facilities rather than wind-specific work. State and local government buyers soliciting under the code include municipalities (City of Pasadena, City of Decatur, City of Tybee Island, City of Dallas), counties (Boulder County, Fairfax County, DeKalb County, Eastern Municipal Water District in Riverside County), special-purpose authorities (Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County), and state procurement cooperatives (South Dakota through Sourcewell). The actual scope of recent procurement activity spans rooftop wind microturbines (5 kilowatt minimum capacity with design and maintenance); solar photovoltaic arrays (42 kilowatt minimum installations with Q-Cell panels, SMA inverters, GAF-certified roof integration); battery energy storage systems (250 kW/500 kWh configurations paired with solar); DC fast charging for electric vehicles; electrical and emergency power systems installation and replacement; and large-scale mass-burn waste-to-energy facility design-build-operate-maintain contracts. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Pasadena Department of Water and Power's RFP for a 5 kilowatt rooftop wind microturbine at 1116 Glen Avenue (design, engineering, permitting, procurement, and three-year maintenance, due July 7, 2026); the City of Decatur's RFP for microgrid system and DC fast charger design and engineering at the Decatur Police Department, federally funded and subject to domestic content requirements (due October 13, 2026); and the City of Tybee Island's RFP for 42 kilowatt solar array installation on the Tybee Island Marine Science Center with mandatory pre-proposal meeting and site visit October 13, 2026, and sealed proposals due November 3, 2026.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (Tybee Island, Decatur, DeKalb County, Palm Beach County RFEI), California (Pasadena, Dallas, Eastern Municipal Water District in Riverside County), Colorado (Boulder County), Virginia (Fairfax County), and South Dakota (Sourcewell cooperative). The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County's RFEI 27-501 for demolition, design, build, operate, and maintain of a new mass-burn waste-to-energy facility (up to 2,550 tons per day with three 850-ton-per-day boilers, letters of interest due November 18, 2026, with informational conference October 21, 2026, and Industry Day with facility tours December 10, 2026) represents the largest single opportunity and a material scope expansion beyond traditional wind power. Boulder County Parks and Open Space issued RFP-300-26 for stock water well installation with solar pumps and electrical equipment on two agricultural properties (four wells on Alexander Dawson, two on Mayhoffer, $350,000 contract value, due September 4, 2026). Fairfax County's resolicitation RFP2000004461 for electrical and emergency power systems installation and replacement (due October 16, 2026) seeks to expand contractor capacity and broaden the qualified vendor pool. The code shows mixed recent activity: genuine wind-power procurement (Pasadena microturbine) sits alongside extensive solar, storage, and microgrid work, indicating either loose tagging by jurisdictions or significant category scope creep in state and local systems.