UNSPSC 71131401: Oilfield flare system services

Service to dispose of unwanted combustible vapors through a flare.

UNSPSC 71131401 Oilfield flare system services is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement encompasses landfill gas flare system construction, upgrade, and demolition work. The scope extends beyond traditional oilfield applications to include enclosed flare systems that combust landfill gas, along with associated infrastructure demolition and site remediation. State and local governments procuring under this code include county environmental services agencies, municipal solid waste authorities, and regional water reclamation districts. The Maryland Environmental Service and the Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority are the primary recent issuers, though the Dalton-Whitfield authority's procurement also encompasses the broader landfill gas collection and control system expansion that feeds flare infrastructure, including gas extraction wells, collection piping, condensate management, and seeding for erosion control. Work scopes require qualified contractors with landfill gas or waste energy system experience, typically demanding minimum five-year track records and demonstrated completion of similar projects. Contractors must manage both construction-phase work and post-completion operational testing and system activation.

Recent procurement activity concentrates in Maryland and Georgia. The Maryland Environmental Service issued a competitive sealed bid for construction and demolition of flares at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill in Upper Marlboro with a July 16, 2026 response deadline and a 20 percent Minority Business Enterprise participation goal. The Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority issued an Invitation to Bid for landfill gas collection and control system expansion at the Old Dixie Highway Municipal Solid Waste Landfill in Dalton, Georgia, with a May 21, 2026 response deadline; that procurement required Georgia-licensed general contractors with minimum five years' landfill gas system experience and mandatory pre-proposal conference attendance on May 1, 2026. A third opportunity for the Eastern Municipal Water District in Riverside County, California, issued an RFP for a 15- or 20-year Design-Build-Finance-Own-Operate-Maintain agreement to develop digester gas utilization facilities at three regional water reclamation facilities, with proposal submission due April 13, 2026, and mandatory pre-proposal meeting on March 9, 2026, though that procurement targets renewable natural gas production rather than traditional flare combustion and falls somewhat outside the narrow flare system scope.