UNSPSC 40161502: Water filters

UNSPSC 40161502 Water filters (Commodity) covers the supply of filter elements, cartridges, and replacement media for municipal water treatment, wastewater recycling, pool circulation, and facility maintenance systems. State and local governments procure these under this code as components of broader operational maintenance, equipment replacement, and system upgrades—sometimes as standalone filter media contracts and often embedded in larger MRO blanket purchase orders, system refurbishment projects, and facility operations RFPs. Recent activity shows cities, counties, water districts, school districts, and parks departments issuing RFPs, RFQs, RFBs, and ITBs for polypropylene cartridges, sand filter systems, microfiltration membranes, reverse osmosis elements, and related replacement parts. The issuing-body mix spans state and municipal water authorities (West Basin Municipal Water District in California; Charlotte Water in North Carolina; City of Fort Worth; City of LaGrange, Georgia), county facilities (Hillsborough County, Florida; Bernalillo County, New Mexico; Collier County, Florida), city public works and parks departments (City of Milpitas, California; City of Atlanta; City of Tampa), and school districts (Eanes Independent School District; Harlingen Consolidated ISD; Los Fresnos Consolidated ISD). Repeat buyers and high-activity jurisdictions include West Basin (pre-qualification RFQ for submerged microfiltration membranes in June 2026, reverse osmosis membranes in March 2026), Charlotte Water (ITB for strainer-type filters in May 2026), and multiple county and municipal parks and aquatics departments procuring pool and facility maintenance supplies.

Geographic concentration reflects California (West Basin, Fort Worth, Milpitas), Florida (Hillsborough County, Holly Hill, Tampa, Collier County), North Carolina (Charlotte), Texas (Fort Worth, LaGrange, Eanes ISD, Harlingen ISD, Los Fresnos ISD, Edinburg), Georgia (Atlanta, LaGrange), Illinois (Secretary of State), New Mexico (Bernalillo County), Connecticut (City of Meriden), South Carolina (Greenville County), and Wisconsin (City of Madison). Representative recent solicitations include the City of Milpitas IFB 26-229 (blanket MRO supplies including water filters, due July 23, 2026), West Basin RFQ RFQTH0131 for submerged microfiltration membrane pre-qualifications serving the Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility (due May 26, 2026), Charlotte Water ITB FY26-ITB-10 for a pressurized strainer-type NPW filter system at Mallard Creek WRRF (due May 27, 2026), the City of Tampa RFQ 26-P-00151 for polypropylene filter cartridges (due February 19, 2026), and Hillsborough County sole-source procurement SS2600330 for deionized water system maintenance including replacement filter components (due July 14, 2026). Filter media contracts typically span one to five years, allow for multiple awards, and emphasize delivery speed, NSF certification, compatibility with existing equipment, and responsive emergency service.