UNSPSC 57020100: Humanitarian operational services

This class includes a collection of humanitarian operational services.

UNSPSC 57020100 Humanitarian operational services is a Class code that encompasses disaster response logistics, debris management, emergency equipment rental, and facility recovery services that state and local governments activate following declared disasters, severe weather, or infrastructure emergencies. State and local buyers use this code to procure portable sanitation and hygiene equipment, debris removal and monitoring, emergency catering, disaster recovery consulting, equipment rental for staging areas, and damage assessment and restoration—all typically funded in whole or in part by federal disaster assistance programs including FEMA Public Assistance and community development block grants.

Recent activity shows sustained procurement across county emergency management offices, municipal governments, utility authorities, and regional water/sewer districts across the Southeast and South-central United States, with material concentration in Texas, Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Austin IFB 5000 ACA1012 REBID (posted October 12, 2026, bids due November 3, 2026) for portable toilet and shower rental, delivery, and maintenance on annual, monthly, weekly, or daily basis with estimated annual demand of 10–30 yearly units, 1,000+ monthly rentals, and 32 portable shower trailers, funded by FEMA with local-business and small-business preference discounts of 5–3 percent; Harris County, Texas RFP 260066 (posted May 8, 2026, due June 8, 2026) for three-year emergency debris removal and management across 1,777 square miles with unit pricing across 18 debris categories, minimum qualifications including experience with 1 million cubic yard federally declared disasters, and anticipated award to two to four contractors ranked by total evaluated score with a 7.56 percent minority- and women-owned business enterprise utilization goal; and Macon-Bibb County, Georgia concurrent IFB and RFP solicitations (26-046-LH and 26-045-LH, posted May 13, 2026, due June 4, 2026) for debris removal and monitoring services with mandatory pre-bid conferences, unit pricing across specified labor categories and equipment, and 5 percent local-business preference rights. Pricing structures vary—some solicitations use all-inclusive unit rates with no separate charges for mobilization or overhead; others layer hourly labor rates by position with pass-through non-labor costs at actual expense. All major recent solicitations reference FEMA Public Assistance compliance, prevailing wage or living wage requirements, and federal debarment and E-Verify certification. Activity is sustained and recurring across jurisdictions with regular hurricane and storm risk, indicating continuous appetite for pre-event master service agreements, on-call standby contracts, and indefinite-quantity frameworks with no minimum work guarantees.