UNSPSC 71161606: Oil and gas technology licensing service

Activities and fees involved in obtaining technology licenses related to the oil and gas industry

UNSPSC 71161606 Oil and gas technology licensing service is a Commodity code that in practice captures state and local procurement of landfill gas extraction and digester gas utilization infrastructure and services. Recent solicitations show that governments are buying comprehensive landfill gas collection and control systems—including extraction wells, perforated collectors, lateral piping, condensate sumps, and monitoring equipment—as well as long-term design-build-finance-own-operate agreements for converting anaerobic digester gas into renewable natural gas or other marketable energy products. The issuing bodies are primarily special-purpose districts and authorities: the Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority in Georgia and the Eastern Municipal Water District in Riverside County, California. These are infrastructure-intensive procurements requiring specialized contractor experience; the Dalton-Whitfield ITB stipulates five years' minimum experience in landfill gas systems and completion of at least five similar projects, while the EMWD RFP requires five years' direct experience in digester gas DBFOOM agreements, audited financial statements, and estimated bonding at $20 million, $2 million, and $2 million.

Recent activity concentrates in California and Georgia. The Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority issued an ITB (PE75552NONST2026000000061) on April 17, 2026, for landfill gas collection and control system expansion at Old Dixie Highway Municipal Solid Waste Landfill in Dalton, Georgia, with a mandatory pre-proposal conference on May 1, 2026, and bid deadline of May 21, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. EST; the work carries a 120-calendar-day substantial completion timeline and liquidated damages of $2,000 to $5,000 per day. The Eastern Municipal Water District issued an RFP (Solicitation 3900) on February 24, 2026, for a 15- or 20-year DBFOOM agreement to develop digester gas utilization facilities at three Regional Water Reclamation Facilities (Perris Valley, Temecula Valley, and San Jacinto Valley) with digester gas generation projected at 149–242 cubic feet per minute annually (2030) expanding to 174–418 cfm annually (2050); critical dates include a mandatory pre-proposal meeting on March 9, 2026, mandatory site tours on March 18–19, 2026, and proposal deadline of April 13, 2026, at 4:00 PM Pacific Time, with board approval targeted for October 2026 and substantial completion by June 2029.