UNSPSC 40151560: Sliding vane pumps

UNSPSC 40151560 Sliding vane pumps, a Commodity code, encompasses rental, repair, and supply of portable, metering, and industrial pumps across water, wastewater, and emergency response operations. State and local governments are procuring these units for hurricane season contingency, bypass pumping on annual contracts, chemical and biosolids handling at treatment facilities, and emergency standby services, with contracts ranging from $5.5 million to $16.6 million over multi-year terms. Issuing bodies include county boards of commissioners (Hillsborough, Gwinnett, Collier, Sarasota), city utilities departments (Tampa, Ocala, North Miami Beach, Tucson, Atlanta, Cumming, Salem), school districts (Anchor Bay), water authorities (Douglasville-Douglas County), and university procurement offices, reflecting the breadth of public-sector demand across water and wastewater infrastructure. Many procurements are sole-source awards to authorized distributors of proprietary equipment—Xylem for Flygt pumps, Environmental Equipment Services for multi-manufacturer equipment, TriNova for ProMinent and Sensidyne products, Barney's Pumps for KSB units—indicating that pump supply often follows lock-in to OEM relationships.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida (Hillsborough, Collier, Sarasota, Pinellas, Marion counties and Tampa, Ocala, North Miami Beach) and Georgia (Gwinnett, Cumming, Atlanta, Douglasville), with secondary activity in Arizona, Michigan, California, Oregon, and Texas. Representative solicitations include Hillsborough County's ITB2600326 for trailer-mounted diesel portable pump rentals due July 31, 2026, valued at $5,589,125 over five years with standby and active emergency-response rate structures and 24/7 repair turnaround; Gwinnett County's PE77023NONST2026000000647 for bypass pumping services due July 10, 2026, requiring self-priming, electric, and submersible equipment with local field personnel and pricing for daily, weekly, and monthly rental plus operator rates; and Hillsborough County's sole-source SS2600273 for Flygt pump equipment and Xylem labor valued at $16,656,100 over five years. Competitive ITBs and IFBs for water treatment and wastewater facility upgrades (Ocala centrifuge and rotary press installations, Tucson lineshaft bowl assemblies, Cumming chemical sludge pump station, City of Atlanta pump repair services) reflect demand for both equipment procurement and specialized installation labor where vendor experience and certification requirements (10+ years, OEM training, OSHA compliance) filter the supplier pool.