UNSPSC 40101850: Crematory

A cremator that is used in cremating the corpse.

UNSPSC 40101850 Crematory (Commodity) covers cremation services and related mortality operations that state and local governments procure for public health emergencies, mass fatality response, correctional facilities, and animal welfare operations. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers contracting for body removal, cold storage, cremation processing, remains identification, ash disposal, and strike-team deployment for disaster and emergency response, as well as routine cremation services in correctional and animal-shelter contexts. The issuing bodies span state health and human services departments, state correctional agencies, counties, and independent school districts, with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation appearing as active buyers. Work scopes range from maintaining dedicated mortuary strike teams with licensed funeral directors and trained personnel for 48-hour deployment to unit-rate cremation services across multiple facility locations, with contractor responsibilities including licensing compliance, cold-storage maintenance, transportation, permitting, and family interface in some cases.

Activity concentrates in Texas and California, with recent opportunities posted by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (IFB HHS0017352, mortality resources and services, responses due July 17, 2026) and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (IFB 0000039410, cremation services across 34 geographic groups at 59 facilities statewide, responses due June 12, 2026). The Texas opportunity requires establishing four strike teams with a minimum of two licensed funeral directors per team and quarterly maintenance of state-owned mortuary trailers; compensation is capped at Federal Pay Scale rates and historical spend was $269,485.68 from October 2022 through June 2026. The California contract covers approximately 739 cremations statewide on a unit-rate basis with facility volumes ranging from 3 to 150 per location annually; the contract term runs July 1, 2026 through April 30, 2029 with a 25% small-business participation requirement under Government Code 14838 and DVBE incentives up to 5%. Both opportunities require valid state funeral and crematory licensing, workers' compensation and liability insurance, and compliance with local regulations; neither guarantees minimum volumes or spending.