UNSPSC 26131619: Flare tip and component

Flare tip is a large burner or arrangement of smaller burners fitted at the end of flare risers to safely ignite and burn all discharge of flare gas.

UNSPSC 26131619 Flare tip and component, a Commodity code, addresses heating system components for landfill gas combustion and related environmental control applications. The recent opportunity record shows minimal direct alignment with the nominal code scope; only one posting—Maryland Environmental Service's solicitation for construction of a new enclosed flare system and demolition of existing flares at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill—involves flare infrastructure, though it is structured as a capital construction project rather than a component procurement. The other opportunities tagged to this code span school bus air-conditioning maintenance, copper tubing supply, utility parts and supplies, law enforcement equipment, and copper sulfate chemicals, none of which map to flare tips or flare components. The issuing bodies in the recent record include county school districts, water utilities, municipal departments of public works, state environmental services, and cooperative purchasing vehicles, representing diverse local government sectors, though the sample is too small to identify repeat buyers or establish reliable issuing-body mix under this code.

Geographic spread across the recent opportunities is fragmented: Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools, Pasco County), California (Alameda County Water District), Texas (City of Southlake), Maryland (Maryland Environmental Service), and multi-state participation through Sourcewell. The single relevant flare-related opportunity is the Maryland Environmental Service IFB 1274025 for landfill flare station upgrade and demolition at Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, with bids due July 16, 2026, under a 20% Minority Business Enterprise participation goal. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and most of the tagged opportunities suggests the code sees little active state and local procurement specifically for flare tips and components, or that taggers are applying the code inconsistently. Firms pursuing this code should verify that opportunities are actually soliciting flare components rather than tangential goods or services, or focus efforts on environmental remediation and landfill operations where flare upgrade and maintenance projects occur sporadically.