UNSPSC 41112504: Water meters

UNSPSC 41112504 Water meters, a Commodity code, covers the supply and installation of meters for residential, commercial, and industrial water service—including mechanical and electronic models, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) endpoints and transmitters, meter boxes, meter parts (couplings, valves, resetters, backflow devices), and related hardware. State and local water utilities procure water meters as replacements during routine operations and large-scale modernization projects; recent solicitations show active demand for both standalone meter hardware and integrated AMI system upgrades tied to utility billing modernization.

Issuing bodies span city water departments, county water and sewer authorities, and special-purpose water districts across the country. Repeat recent solicitors include Gwinnett County (Georgia), Fulton County (Georgia), Cobb County (Georgia), and Hillsborough County (Florida), alongside municipalities such as Newark (New Jersey), Bend (Oregon), Greenville (Texas), and Warner Robins (Georgia). The mix skews toward mid-to-large municipal water systems and county-level authorities responsible for multi-thousand-meter fleets. Representative recent opportunities include Gwinnett County's July 2026 IFB for meter reading services (bids due July 31, 2026); City of Newark's July 2026 ITB for 272 line items of residential cold water meters, compound and turbine meters, and a full Advanced Metering Infrastructure system (bids due July 23, 2026); Fulton County's July 2026 ITB for commercial meter replacement and register changeouts for approximately 625 meters (bids due August 5, 2026 with MBE/FBE utilization targets); Cobb County's July 2026 sealed-bid solicitation for up to 30,000 residential and light commercial meter changeouts annually (bids due July 23, 2026); and Paulding County's March 2026 RFP for AMI water meter replacement covering 12,000 meters with Sensus transmitter activation (proposals due March 6, 2026). Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia (Gwinnett, Fulton, Cobb, Paulding, Warner Robins) and Florida (Hillsborough, Sarasota, Holly Hill, Bradenton), with active recent procurements also in New Jersey, Texas, Oregon, and South Carolina. Sole-source awards and notices of intent dominate the higher-value end—notably Hillsborough County's $58.4 million three-year Neptune AMI meter procurement and sole-source renewals with Badger Meter and ONICON for system compatibility. Competitive procurements trend toward meter replacement labor, parts supply, and smaller-footprint AMI pilots, while large-scale meter hardware and integrated system buys often consolidate around incumbent or proprietary platforms.