UNSPSC 47101535: Sludge disposal equipment

UNSPSC 47101535 Sludge disposal equipment (Commodity) encompasses replacement drive shafts, clarifier and thickener mechanism rehabilitation, vactor services for facility cleaning and sludge line maintenance, and polymeric chain components used in wastewater and water treatment plants. State and local water authorities, municipal wastewater facilities, and county water departments solicit under this code for equipment replacement, facility upgrades, and operational maintenance services that support solids removal, treatment process continuity, and biosolids handling infrastructure.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida and Georgia. The City of Holly Hill, Florida is procuring a $113,067 replacement drive shaft unit for softener #2 at its Water Treatment Plant through sole source procurement (posted October 19, 2026). The City of Phoenix is soliciting vactor services—vacuum truck, jet rodding, hydro-blasting, and submersible pump work across water and wastewater facilities—under a five-year requirements contract via IFB, with offers due October 19, 2026 and a pre-offer conference on October 5, 2026; the contract is subject to DBE compliance under 49 CFR Part 26. The Macon Water Authority is requesting sealed bids for rebuild of three gravity thickeners and clarifier #6 at Rocky Creek WRF, bids due October 20, 2026, with a mandatory pre-bid meeting on October 6, 2026 and a Georgia Utility Contractor License requirement. The City of Rome, Georgia is pursuing design-build rehabilitation of secondary clarifiers at its Water Reclamation Facility, with statements of qualifications due November 3, 2026. Gwinnett County Department of Financial Services purchased 150 units of polymeric chain via informal written quotation (IWQ 133561) due August 5, 2026.