UNSPSC 46182402: Safety wash units

UNSPSC 46182402 Safety wash units (Commodity) encompasses portable restroom facilities, portable shower trailers, and related servicing that state and local governments procure for emergency response, disaster operations, planned events, and mass-care sheltering. The work solicited under this code includes delivery, maintenance, chemical servicing, wastewater removal, and equipment rental on variable terms—annual, monthly, weekly, or daily—with all-inclusive pricing structures that bundle labor, transportation, and ancillary services. Issuing bodies are primarily city procurement offices and state emergency-management or health agencies, purchasing these services both for routine municipal events and for declared emergencies and disaster response. The City of Austin, for instance, has posted two related IFBs within the past sixty days; the Oregon Department of Human Services and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission have also recently solicited under or alongside this scope.

Activity centers in Texas and Oregon, with the City of Austin posting IFB 5000 ACA1012REBID (response due November 3, 2026) seeking portable toilets, ADA-compliant units, and shower facilities on an all-inclusive rental basis with estimated annual quantities spanning ten to thirty yearly rentals, approximately 1,057 monthly rentals, 210 weekly rentals, and 150 daily rentals, along with approximately 32 weekly portable shower rentals. The City applies a 5% local-business discount for bids up to $500,000 and a 3% discount for bids between $500,000 and $50 million, with a cumulative small-business discount available; the contract includes a $22.05 per-hour minimum living wage requirement and fixed pricing for twelve months with anniversary adjustments capped at 25% per line item or the Bureau of Labor Statistics Truck Transportation index. Oregon's Department of Human Services issued RFA S1000000016927 (application deadline December 31, 2026) for on-call hygiene services including portable restrooms, shower facilities, laundry, and waste removal to support declared emergencies and mass-care operations across Oregon, with indefinite contract term through June 30, 2027 and potential seven-year extensions; the State encourages COBID-certified small, disadvantaged, minority-owned, women-owned, and service-disabled veteran-owned business participation.