UNSPSC 50202301: Water

UNSPSC 50202301 Water, a Commodity code, encompasses bottled drinking water delivery and dispenser rental services that state and local governments procure for employee consumption, emergency response, facility operations, and institutional use across diverse geographic regions. Recent opportunities show state and local buyers soliciting straightforward bottled water services—5-gallon containers, 1-gallon distilled bottles, cooler dispensers with hot/cold capability, and bi-weekly or as-needed delivery—to administrative offices, correctional facilities, transportation authorities, county buildings, state agencies, and parks. The market spans multiple issuing bodies: transit authorities (Orange County Transportation Authority, California), state departments (Utah Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Human Services, Georgia Department of Education, California Department of General Services), county governments (Broward Sheriff's Office, Glynn County Georgia, Palm Beach County, Pinal County Arizona), municipal utilities and parks (City of Lubbock, Collier County Parks, City of Philadelphia), and state-supported institutions (Texas Health and Human Services Commission for state hospitals and living centers, Hood County Commissioners' Court). Broward Sheriff's Office and Orange County Transportation Authority appear multiple times in the recent opportunities block, indicating repeat procurement activity.

Geographic activity concentrates in California (Orange County Transportation Authority multi-location contracts, California Department of General Services statewide six-region IFB), Texas (multiple HHSC facility contracts, City of San Antonio, City of Lubbock), Florida (Broward Sheriff's Office, Palm Beach County), Arizona (Pinal County), and Georgia (Glynn County, Early County schools, Georgia Department of Education statewide beverage procurement), with additional scattered activity in Utah, Illinois, Maryland, and Connecticut. Representative recent opportunities include Orange County Transportation Authority's RFQ 250433 for five-gallon bottled water and dispenser rental services at bus operations facilities, due September 8, 2026, with a $21,600 three-year budget; Broward Sheriff's Office ITB 26011AF for bottled water services to administrative and detention facilities, due September 14, 2026, with local and small-business price preferences of 5%, 3%, or 1% depending on bid size; California Department of General Services IFB #0000037255 for bottled and boxed drinking water across six geographic regions for multi-year statewide use by state departments and participating local agencies, due October 14, 2026; and Pinal County Arizona RFP 266331 for comprehensive drinking water services to over 100 county facilities with estimated contract value between $100,000 and $300,000, due June 11, 2026. Pricing is typically firm-fixed for one to three years, with compensation all-inclusive of delivery and maintenance on an FOB destination basis; most contracts require vendors to maintain commercial general liability insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence and comply with state-specific certifications or set-asides such as SBE, MBE, LBE, or local-vendor preferences where applicable.