UNSPSC 40141681: Industrial general valves

Industrial general valves are devices used to regulate, control or direct the flow of fluid (such as liquids, gases, or slurries) within a piping system. They are an essential component in many industrial processes and applications, including oil and gas, chemical, water and wastewater treatment, and power generation. General valves can be classified based on their operating mechanisms, such as manual, electric, hydraulic, or pneumatic.

Valves are for starting or stopping flow, regulating or throttling flow, preventing back flow or relieving and regulating pressure in fluid or gaseous handling applications. Common general valve types include (Ball,Butterfly,Check, Diaphragm, Gate, Globe, Knife Gate, Parallel Slide, Pinch, Piston, Plug, Sluice, etc.)

UNSPSC 40141681 Industrial general valves (Commodity) describes flow-control and isolation valves that state and local water, wastewater, and utility authorities procure for treatment plants, distribution networks, and pressurized systems. Recent solicitations reveal heavy demand for backflow prevention devices, butterfly valves, quick-insertion valves, resilient gate valves, rate-of-flow controllers, and actuator-operated assemblies, often as annual stock replenishment or equipment replacement on firm-price contracts. Issuing bodies span municipal water departments, county water and sewer authorities, regional water districts, wastewater treatment facilities, and municipal utilities, with repeat activity from cities (Tampa, Austin, Lubbock), counties (DeKalb, Gwinnett, Collier, Seminole), and special-purpose authorities (Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority, North Texas Municipal Water District). Single-source and sole-source procurements are common when replacing OEM or proprietary equipment (Limitorque, DeZurik, REXA, Illinois Tool Works actuators), narrowing competition for replacement-parts work but leaving open-bid opportunity in new-equipment and multi-source stock tenders.

Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia and Florida, where recent activity includes Gwinnett County (butterfly valves for Lanier and Shoal Creek Filter Plants, multiyear quick-insertion valve contract), DeKalb County (three-year multiyear quick-insertion valve contract due August 27, 2026), City of Tampa (backflow prevention and fireline repair parts due June 22, 2026, Limitorque valve sole-source), Hillsborough County (DeZurik valve parts single-source), Marietta and Collier County (annual water service component agreements), and Seminole County (REXA actuator parts sole-source due June 1, 2026). Texas activity includes the City of Lubbock (rate-of-flow controller and butterfly valve assembly due May 27, 2026; electric valve actuator RFP due July 23, 2026; valve repair/replacement ITB due August 5, 2026) and North Texas Municipal Water District (spiral clarifier drive due July 30, 2026). Supplemental activity appears in Georgia (Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority annual water and sewer pipe fittings IFB due October 7, 2026) and multi-state cooperative purchasing through Sourcewell. Competitive opportunities typically use IFB, ITB, or RFQ structures with sealed-bid deadlines, F.O.B. Destination pricing, and 14–30 day delivery requirements; evaluation prioritizes lowest responsive and responsible bidder. Small-business set-asides (SLBE in Florida, local preferences under five-percent threshold in Lubbock) appear in targeted solicitations.