UNSPSC 47121709: Universal Hazardous waste container

Containers used for disposal of hazardous waste materials.

UNSPSC 47121709 Universal Hazardous waste container is a Commodity code tracking state and local procurement of hazardous waste containers and related collection, removal, and disposal services for medical, biological, and infectious waste streams. State and local governments are sourcing these services across multiple agency types — corrections facilities, county health departments, fire and police services, animal control, medical examiner offices, transit authorities, and school districts — primarily through ITB and RFP mechanisms. The work spans pickup, transport, packaging, segregation, labeling, documentation, and compliant disposal of contaminated sharps, needles, syringes, infectious gloves, masks, bloodborne pathogen materials, and other regulated medical waste, with contractors required to hold EPA, CDC, OSHA, and state health department certifications and maintain compliance with applicable transportation and disposal regulations. Contract terms typically run two to three years with optional renewal periods; pricing is generally all-inclusive of containers, labor, transportation, fuel, and disposal with no minimum purchase guarantees.

Recent activity is geographically dispersed across California, Florida, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Washington, with notable repeat issuers including Milwaukee County (two separate medical examiner waste solicitations in July and September 2026) and Florida county governments. Representative recent opportunities include the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation / California Correctional Health Care Services' IFB #SD25-00042 for medical hazardous and biohazardous waste collection and disposal statewide across four geographic regions with a mandatory 3 percent Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise participation requirement and a December 2026 contract start; the City of Indianapolis and Marion County's RFB-11EAL-215 for biomedical waste pickup and disposal across approximately 70 citywide locations with a July 2, 2026 bid deadline and 15 percent minority-owned business enterprise, 8 percent women-owned business enterprise, 3 percent veteran-owned business enterprise, and 1 percent disability-owned business enterprise mandatory targets; the City of Orlando's IFB26-0363 for biomedical waste collection and disposal at 26 designated fire, police, and emergency services locations with a May 28, 2026 deadline; and Milwaukee County's rebid for medical-biological and hazardous waste removal and processing for the Medical Examiner's office with an October 7, 2026 proposal deadline. Set-asides and preferences are active in California (DVBE incentives), Indianapolis (MBE-WBE-VBE-DOBE mandatory targets), and Orlando (VBE considerations).