UNSPSC 40141669: Control valve positioner

A valve Positioner is a device used to increase or decrease the air load pressure driving the actuator until the valve's stem reaches a "POSITION" balanced to the output SIGNAL from the process variable instrument controller.

UNSPSC 40141669 Control valve positioner is a Commodity code covering valve control and actuation equipment for water infrastructure systems. State and local governments procure under this code primarily water treatment and distribution components including butterfly valves, gate valves, quick insertion valves, tapping valves, detector check valves, and resilient wedge gate valves for municipal water systems, filter plants, storage facilities, and pressurized pipeline networks. The issuing bodies are predominantly county water resource departments and municipal water utilities; Gwinnett County, Georgia appears as a repeat buyer across multiple recent solicitations for filter plant and distribution system components. Vendors respond to ITBs, RFQs, and informal written quotations, with responses typically due within two to four weeks of posting. Award is generally made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, with some solicitations permitting split awards or individual line-item awards. Compliance requirements typically include AWWA standards (C504/C516), NSF/ANSI 61 certification for drinking water service where applicable, three project references of similar scope within the prior eight years, contractor affidavits, ethics certifications, and E-Verify employment verification.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and California. Gwinnett County, Georgia has solicited butterfly valves for Lanier and Shoal Creek Filter Plants (multiple iterations, most recently September 2026 response due September 23, 2026 via ITB BL126-26), quick insertion valves under a three-year multiyear contract (August 2026 response due August 27, 2026), resilient gate and tapping valves (June 2026), and slide gates for finished water storage (April 2026). The City of Marietta, Georgia solicited water service saddles, couplings, clamps, and valves under annual contract BL121-26 (September 2026 response due September 22, 2026). Alameda County Water District, California issued an IFB for detector check valves (July 2026 response due July 14, 2026). Palm Beach County, Florida solicited a reduced pressure principle backflow assembly OEM Wilkins (August 2026 response due August 25, 2026 via RFQ 680260197JS2). A Sourcewell cooperative-purchasing RFP for law enforcement equipment (RFP 061626, June 2026 response due June 16, 2026) was tagged to this code but appears unrelated to water valve procurement and does not reflect typical activity under the commodity.