UNSPSC 40101816: Kettle exchangers

UNSPSC 40101816 Kettle exchangers is a Commodity code that state and local governments are procuring primarily as chiller replacement and maintenance services — not as standalone kettle exchanger components. Recent solicitations show school districts, counties, universities, transit authorities, and municipalities buying complete chiller system replacements, chiller maintenance and repair contracts, and occasional chiller rental services. The code's nominal scope (kettle exchangers as discrete products) diverges substantially from what is actually being solicited: full chiller plant upgrades including equipment, installation labor, piping, electrical integration, controls, and commissioning. Scope includes chillers ranging from air-cooled and water-cooled scroll units through centrifugal and screw chillers, with cooling capacities from 29 tons to 400+ tons, serving data centers, recreation facilities, school buildings, county administrative centers, university campuses, airport facilities, and municipal utility systems. Contractors must typically hold state mechanical contractor licenses, factory certifications for equipment manufacturers (Trane, York, Carrier, Daikin, Dunham-Bush, and others), EPA refrigerant certification, and provide comprehensive maintenance, repairs, system optimization, and emergency response capabilities across multisite facilities.

School districts dominate the recent issuing-body mix, with Pinellas County School District, Cherokee County School District, Klein Independent School District, and Georgia State University appearing as repeat buyers. Counties and cities are secondary buyers: Orange County, Florida; Catoosa County, Georgia; Monroe County, Florida; Broward County Aviation Department; and cities of Charlotte, Phoenix, St. Petersburg, College Park, and Long Beach. The State of Oregon Department of Administrative Services and Texas Health and Human Services Commission represent state-level procurement. Geographic activity clusters in Florida (Orange, Pinellas, Broward, Monroe counties and cities of St. Petersburg and Long Beach), Georgia (Catoosa, Fulton counties and Atlanta-area universities), Texas (Houston, San Antonio, Harlingen), and Arizona (Phoenix). Representative recent opportunities include Pinellas County School District chiller replacements via IFB (due July 8 and July 10, 2026), Orange County, Florida Administration Center HVAC Chiller Plant Upgrades at $3 million (IFB due September 1, 2026), Broward County Aviation Department central energy plants and HVAC maintenance (ITB due October 7, 2026) with $1.11 million in annual pass-through allowances, City of Charlotte CATS boiler and chiller maintenance (RFP due October 15, 2026), University of Houston Campus Recreation Center chiller replacement (RFP due September 28, 2026), and State of Oregon HVAC water treatment services (RFP due October 5, 2026) with $5 million not-to-exceed compensation. Contract values where disclosed range from under $500,000 to $5 million, with terms typically spanning one to five years and frequent renewal options.