UNSPSC 40151516: Shear pumps

UNSPSC 40151516 Shear pumps, Commodity tier, encompasses bypass pumping systems, centrifuge and rotary press dewatering equipment, vertical turbine and submersible pump installation, hose pump components, and OEM-authorized replacement parts and services for wastewater and water treatment infrastructure. State and local water and wastewater agencies procure under this code to maintain, repair, upgrade, and operate treatment facilities; the recent opportunities show active procurement of both new equipment installations and ongoing parts and service contracts for standardized pump systems across multiple facilities. Issuing bodies span water authorities, county departments of watershed management, municipal utilities, and specialized water reclamation districts. Florida municipalities—particularly the Cities of Ocala, Tampa, and Sanford, and Hillsborough County—dominate recent activity, with additional significant volume in Georgia through Gwinnett County and Floyd County; Educational Service District 564 in Texas and the City of Adairsville in Georgia round out the geographic spread. Several repeat buyers appear across multiple recent opportunities: Hillsborough County has posted sole-source notices for both Flygt pumps ($16.6 million five-year contract) and TSC Jacobs parts and maintenance services ($4.9 million), and Gwinnett County has solicited bypass pumping services twice in recent months with standardized scopes.

Representative recent opportunities illustrate the range of activity. The City of Ocala Water Resources Department issued ITB WRS/260503 for a turnkey centrifuge installation at Water Reclamation Facility #3 with a mandatory pre-bid meeting on March 19, 2026 and bid due April 7, 2026, requiring ten years of documented centrifuge-design experience and five percent bid bonds. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners requested sealed bids under ITB BL145-26 for annual bypass pumping services contract with four one-year renewals, bids due October 23, 2026 at 2:50 p.m., requiring five years' minimum experience in bypass pumping, two units of each pump size on hand, and five local personnel available for installation and operation. Hillsborough County's ITB-26-00326 for hurricane-season portable pump rentals ($5.6 million estimated five-year value) with bids due July 31, 2026 covers 4-inch and 6-inch trailer-mounted diesel pumps, 50 percent newer than two years old, with 45-day delivery and flat rental rates for standby and active emergency modes. Sole-source procurements cluster heavily around brand standardization—Flygt (Xylem), DiscFlo (Gerber Pumps), Thompson Pump, ProMinent, and Watson-Marlow—with Cities of Port Orange, Tampa, North Miami Beach, and Palm Bay each designating single authorized vendors to simplify maintenance and spare-parts logistics across their networks.