UNSPSC 46182405: Air shower

A facility that removes pollutant substances that are attached to the worker or carried goods before the worker enters into the clean room or moving to the clean space.

UNSPSC 46182405 Air shower, a Commodity code, encompasses portable shower facilities and related hygiene infrastructure that state and local governments procure primarily for emergency response, disaster relief, mass care operations, and planned special events. The work solicited under this code includes delivery, maintenance, and servicing of portable shower trailers and temporary shower facilities, often bundled with complementary services such as portable restrooms, wastewater removal, and hand wash stations. Issuing bodies span state emergency management agencies, city procurement offices, and state-supported residential facilities. The City of Austin has emerged as a significant repeat buyer, posting multiple IFBs for rental, delivery, and maintenance of portable toilets and shower facilities on flexible terms (annual, monthly, weekly, or daily basis). Vendors must typically provide all-inclusive pricing with no separate charges for transportation, overhead, or administrative costs, maintain commercial general liability and pollution liability insurance, and comply with living wage and wage theft requirements in applicable jurisdictions.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Oregon. The City of Austin issued IFB 5000 ACA1012 (responses due September 7, 2026, with a rebid version, IFB 5000 ACA1012REBID, due November 3, 2026) seeking annual demand of approximately 32 portable shower trailer units across various configurations plus standard and ADA-compliant portable toilets and wastewater tank servicing, with local business discounts of 3–5 percent and small business discounts available. The Oregon Department of Human Services, Office of Resilience and Emergency Management, issued RFA S1000000016927 (application deadline December 31, 2026) for on-call hygiene services including shower facilities and tents, portable restrooms, hand wash stations, laundry services, and wastewater removal to support mass care operations statewide, with COBID small business participation encouraged. A Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB (HHS0017729, due September 14, 2026) for the Denton State Supported Living Center included miscellaneous campus supplies and was unrelated to shower infrastructure. Pricing structures vary: Austin's contracts are fixed for the first twelve months with anniversary adjustments capped at the Bureau of Labor Statistics truck transportation index or 25 percent per line item, whichever is lower; Oregon's on-call model makes no volume or value guarantees and extends up to seven years at the agency's discretion.