UNSPSC 40101710: Reciprocating chiller

A type of chiller which compresses refrigerant gas by the reciprocation of a piston in a cylinder of a compressor. It consists of a compressor, a condenser, a evaporatorand an expansion valve.

UNSPSC 40101710 Reciprocating chiller is a Commodity code capturing chiller units and major retrofit or replacement work that state and local governments procure for facility cooling systems. Recent solicitations show state agencies, counties, school districts, and public utilities purchasing chiller equipment and installation services across cooling plants, data centers, and municipal buildings; the code activity spans new unit procurement, equipment replacement, plant upgrades, and maintenance contracts tied to commercial HVAC infrastructure. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission sought preventative maintenance and emergency repair of commercial chillers and refrigeration equipment at Rio Grande State Center (IFB, bids due July 31, 2026), while the City of St. Petersburg, Florida issued an RFQ for chiller replacement and HVAC repair across multiple city facilities under a three-year continuing services agreement valued at $7 million (responses due August 20, 2026). Pinellas County School District and Orange County, Florida have both posted sealed IFB and bid solicitations for chiller replacement work, and Georgia State University solicited statements of qualifications for mechanical contracting firms to replace chillers at two campus facilities. Issuing bodies range across state departments (Texas HHS, Oregon ODOT, Oregon Military Department), counties (Orange County, Pinellas County, Williamson County in Texas, Glynn County and Hall County in Georgia, Monroe County in Florida, DeSoto County and Pearl River Community College in Mississippi), cities (St. Petersburg and College Park, Florida; Long Beach, California), school districts (Pinellas County Schools, Marion County Schools in Florida, Mississippi State University), and special-purpose districts (Gainesville Regional Utilities, Washington Convention and Sports Authority).

Geographic activity concentrates in Florida (Orange County, Pinellas County, St. Petersburg, Monroe County, Volusia County, Marion County Schools, Gainesville Regional Utilities), Texas (Williamson County, Cedar Park Annex, College Park), Georgia (Georgia State University, Hall County, Glynn County), and scattered activity in Oregon, California, Mississippi, and Washington DC. Florida school districts and county facilities appear as repeat buyers, with Pinellas County Schools posting at least two separate chiller replacement solicitations (due July 8 and July 10, 2026) and Williamson County, Texas issuing multiple plant upgrade and replacement RFPs across different facilities (Cedar Park Annex, Justice Complex, Jail South). Representative opportunities include Orange County's $3 million Administration Center HVAC Chiller Plant Upgrades (sealed bids due July 30, 2026 with a pre-bid meeting July 8, 2026), Williamson County's $810,000 Cedar Park Annex Chiller Plant Update (competitive sealed proposals due April 21, 2026), and the Washington Convention and Sports Authority's solicitation for removal, supply, installation, inspection, maintenance, and repair of six 2,000-ton Trane chillers at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (RFP, responses due April 13, 2026, with a 35 percent CBE/SBE subcontracting set-aside). Small chiller component procurement also appears—Marion County Schools (Florida) and other districts solicit replacement condenser coils and parts on term-contract bases for as-needed inventory. One solicitation (Sourcewell RFP #061626 for Law Enforcement Equipment) proved unrelated to the chiller code's scope and was misaligned with the taxonomy.