UNSPSC 47131910: Super absorbent polymer

A polymer with a special structure and excellent hydrophilic group, which prevents it from disolving while enabling it to absorb and retain large quantities of water.

UNSPSC 47131910 Super absorbent polymer is a Commodity code covering consumable products for maintenance, operational, and landscape management purposes that state and local governments procure on an as-needed basis. Recent solicitations show the code applies to janitorial supplies, herbicides, fertilizers, and pesticides acquired by county governments for facility and grounds maintenance. Issuing bodies include county commissioners' offices and county department procurement functions. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners and Pasco County, both in Florida, have posted recent competitive solicitations under this code. Work spans routine consumable replenishment for fire rescue operations, public facilities, and county maintenance operations, with suppliers required to be authorized distributors capable of meeting standard delivery windows of ten days or emergency turnaround of five business days.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida. Hillsborough County posted ITB2600319 on July 7, 2026, requesting janitorial and operational supplies for the Fire Rescue Department's 47 stations with bids due July 24, 2026, and an estimated one-year contract value of $765,679.84 delivered to the Public Safety Operations Complex in Tampa. Pasco County issued IFB-SP-26-074 on May 12, 2026, for herbicides, fertilizers, and pesticides with bids due June 16, 2026, and a contract period through September 30, 2029, with potential two-year extensions; all deliveries route to two county maintenance facilities in New Port Richey and Zephyrhills. Both jurisdictions require FOB destination pricing, product certification or Material Safety Data Sheets, and drug-free workplace compliance. Pasco County permits local vendor preference consideration and requires vendors to demonstrate a minimum three-year track record with two comparable prior contracts. Neither solicitation disclosed a maximum award value.