UNSPSC 26131618: Poppet damper

A device used to control pressure, flow, or flow direction in an air or gas system. A poppet damper contains a weight or spring-loaded poppet device that opens when the pressure differential across it exceeds a predetermined value.

UNSPSC 26131618 Poppet damper, a Commodity code, shows minimal recent activity directly aligned with its nominal scope; the six most recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code involve renewable energy system design, maintenance, and equipment procurement — including rooftop wind turbines, solar photovoltaic systems, power distribution maintenance, electrical generation equipment, and photovoltaic inverters and optimizers — rather than poppet dampers as mechanical valve components. The issuing bodies span municipal utilities and departments (City of Pasadena Department of Water and Power, City of Dallas Department of Facilities Management, City of Madison Engineering Department, City of South Fulton Procurement Department), special-purpose water districts (Eastern Municipal Water District in Riverside County, California), county governments (DeKalb County, Georgia), and state cooperative procurement platforms (South Dakota through Sourcewell). The work being solicited consists of design, engineering, permitting, procurement, and long-term maintenance of distributed energy resources and solar power systems, along with ad-hoc maintenance and repair services on existing renewable installations.

Activity concentrates in California, Georgia, and Wisconsin, with additional procurement from South Dakota and Colorado municipalities. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Pasadena Department of Water and Power's RFP 2026RFP0129 for design, engineering, and procurement of a rooftop wind microturbine with a 5-kilowatt minimum capacity on a municipal building (proposals due July 7, 2026); the City of South Fulton, Georgia's RFP 26_09 for licensed solar photovoltaic contractors to provide standby response and maintenance services with tiered emergency response times (proposals due April 9, 2026); the City of Dallas's BT2600030442 ITB for a three-year indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity service price agreement covering solar panel maintenance and repair (bids due July 17, 2026); and the City of Madison Engineering Department's RFQ 5506-0-2026-AH for SolarEdge photovoltaic inverters and optimizers (quotes due March 13, 2026). No recent opportunities in the source align with the literal definition of poppet dampers, suggesting the code's application to these renewable-energy solicitations may reflect miscoding or misalignment between the nominal commodity and how the issuing bodies are tagging their work.