UNSPSC 41103706: Water baths

UNSPSC 41103706 Water baths (Commodity) encompasses equipment and chemical supplies for water treatment operations at municipal and county utilities, though recent solicitations under this code show actual state and local procurement spanning both specialized valve systems for wastewater treatment and bulk treatment chemicals for drinking water and wastewater facilities. State and local governments buying under this code include water departments, wastewater utilities, and environmental compliance divisions of county and municipal administrations. The work itself covers procurement of treatment-process equipment (such as DeZurik/APCO valves with SCADA-compatible electric actuators for sludge thickening, digestion, and aeration operations), maintenance and repair services for those systems, and bulk chemical inputs (powdered activated carbon, aluminum sulfate, sodium chlorite, chlorine, sodium bisulfite, soda ash, ferric chloride, and caustic soda) required for water filtration and wastewater treatment plants. Vendors competing under this code must demonstrate capability in municipal or county wastewater facility compliance, ability to engineer process-specific equipment, documented preventive maintenance programs, qualified technical service personnel, spare-parts availability with committed response times, and chemical certifications such as NSF 60 or NSF 61 where applicable.

Recent activity clusters in the Southeast, with Broward County, Florida issuing a Request for Information on DeZurik/APCO valves, parts, and repair services (Solicitation BLD6232026F23, due September 29, 2026) to evaluate whether alternatives to the current exclusive provider Controls Specialties, Inc. can meet compliance-driven wastewater permit requirements, and the City of LaGrange, Georgia conducting a sealed-bid IFB for water and wastewater treatment chemicals (Solicitation PE74150NONST2026000000025, due June 8, 2026) covering eight chemical commodities with estimated annual volumes totaling over 700 tons. Both opportunities require vendor qualification through prior municipal water or wastewater facility experience and compliance with technical and safety certification standards. No set-aside designations or minimum purchase guarantees are named in the recent sources.