UNSPSC 70142011: Cooling or refrigeration services

UNSPSC 70142011 Cooling or refrigeration services (Commodity) covers preventive maintenance, emergency repair, and operational support of commercial refrigeration and HVAC equipment in state and local facilities. State and local buyers procure these services for animal diagnostic laboratories, office buildings, cafeterias, and enterprise program operations that house refrigeration units including walk-in coolers and freezers, ice machines, prep stations, boilers, hot water systems, and building automation controls. Issuing bodies include state departments (Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, California Department of Rehabilitation), special-purpose districts, and municipal facilities. Work being solicited emphasizes response-time compliance, often with four- to forty-eight-hour turnaround requirements and penalties for missed deadlines; contractors typically must hold EPA Universal Refrigerant Certification and active state mechanical licensing (Florida Chapter 489, California state requirements). Maintenance cycles include quarterly or annual preventive inspections with quarterly firm fixed-price billing; emergency service after-hours work commands premium rates (1.5× or 2× bid rates). Contracts commonly span three to five years with optional renewal periods.

Recent activity appears concentrated in California and Florida. The California Department of Rehabilitation issued IFB #S26-33366 in August 2026 for refrigeration service and repair across Sacramento, West Sacramento, Santa Clara, and Sonoma Counties with a DVBE incentive preference and a four-hour response-time requirement; the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services issued ITB16459 in July 2026 (rebid as ITB17047 in September 2026) for comprehensive mechanical systems maintenance at the Bronson Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory in Kissimmee, with twenty-four to forty-eight-hour emergency response times, mandatory pre-bid site visits, and quarterly firm-fixed pricing inclusive of all labor and materials. Both contracts emphasize performance-based penalties for late service reports and missed response windows. The code shows no detectable recent activity in other states or jurisdictions in the available source material.