UNSPSC 40151582: Treadle pump

Foot-operated pump used for irrigation.

UNSPSC 40151582 Treadle pump, a Commodity code, bears little relevance to the pump-related activity appearing in recent state and local solicitations. The code nominally describes foot-operated positive-displacement pumps—devices with minimal presence in municipal or county procurement. Recent opportunities tagged under or near this code involve large-scale industrial, commercial, and municipal pumping systems: trailer-mounted emergency portable pumps rated for hurricane-season contingency rental, deep-well line-shaft and submersible pumps for potable water supply, bypass pumping services for wastewater infrastructure, high-service pump station installations, rotary press and centrifuge dewatering equipment, and repair and parts support for Flygt, KSB, Gardner Denver Nash, and ProMinent pump lines. State and local buyers—primarily Florida counties (Hillsborough, Pinellas, Sarasota, Collier), Georgia cities and authorities (Cumming, Douglasville, Atlanta), and Arizona and North Carolina municipalities—are procuring pumping equipment and services through sole-source awards to OEM distributors, competitive sealed bids for emergency rental or installation contracts, and annual blanket purchase agreements for parts and maintenance. The code's nominal scope does not align with what is actually being bought.

The issuing bodies are county departments of water resources and utilities, municipal water and wastewater authorities, and city engineering or utilities divisions across the Southeast and Southwest. Hillsborough County appears in multiple recent opportunities as a repeat buyer of portable pump rentals, Flygt equipment and services, and general pumping and process equipment. Recent solicitations include Hillsborough County's ITB for trailer-mounted diesel portable pump rentals due July 31, 2026, estimated at $5.6 million over five years; Gwinnett County's sealed-bid competition for bypass pumping services (bids due July 10, 2026); the City of Atlanta's multi-step sealed bid for pump repair, maintenance, and parts services across nine pump classifications; and the City of Tucson's annual requirements contract for lineshaft pump bowl assemblies. A handful of sole-source awards to authorized OEM distributors (Xylem for Flygt, Barney's Pumps for KSB, TriNova for ProMinent) account for significant contract values, with Hillsborough County's five-year Flygt award alone estimated at $16.7 million. The code shows substantial activity in water treatment and wastewater infrastructure procurement, but the Commodity-level UNSPSC designation appears to be a misclassification—state and local buyers are acquiring industrial centrifugal, vertical turbine, submersible, chopper, progressing cavity, and positive-displacement pumps, not treadle pumps, and the recent data does not support pursuit under this specific code tier.