UNSPSC 40161610: Gas scrubber

A gas scrubber is to eliminate harmful particulates and liquid hydrocarbons from natural gas. A natural gas scrubber system works by using particle filters, coalescers, mesh pads, and other devices to remove pollutants from the gas stream. This type of gas scrubbing is the preferred way to ensure that natural gas is clean and dry for industrial use.

UNSPSC 40161610 Gas scrubber is a Commodity code, but the source contains no recent state and local opportunities actually procuring gas scrubbers or related air-quality equipment under this code. Instead, the opportunities tagged with this code overwhelmingly solicit custodial, cleaning, and janitorial supplies—paper towels, mops, floor care chemicals, cleaning equipment, hand sanitizers, detergents, disinfectants—along with food service supplies, kitchen hood cleaning services, and laboratory testing services. The disconnect between the code's nominal scope and the work actually being bought suggests either systematic miscoding of opportunities or that this code is not in active use within state and local procurement systems for its intended product category.

The recent opportunities show activity among school districts, county governments, city purchasing departments, and cooperative purchasing consortia across Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, Florida, Wisconsin, and New Jersey. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Department of Public Purchases issuing IFB BNB051266 for paper and cleaning products for school food service and nutrition centers (due June 30, 2026); Cobb County School District in Georgia issuing IFB B26097 for kitchen vent hood cleaning and inspection services (due March 23, 2026); Pinellas County School District in Florida issuing ITB 25-JG-072 for custodial supplies (due December 2, 2025, with estimated annual value approximately $900,000); and Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Texas issuing RFP CUS2628 for custodial supplies with estimated total expenditures of $12.6 million over two years (due May 26, 2026). If your firm supplies gas scrubbers, exhaust systems, or air-handling equipment, this code as currently populated is not a reliable signal for state and local demand. Pursue opportunities under related HVAC, environmental remediation, or air-quality equipment codes instead.