UNSPSC 72154025: Petroleum storage tank pumping and draining service

The pumping and draining of petroleum storage tanks owned by others

UNSPSC 72154025 Petroleum storage tank pumping and draining service is a Commodity code that captures underground storage tank (UST) operation, maintenance, inspection, and decommissioning work purchased by state transportation departments, municipal water and wastewater utilities, solid waste authorities, and higher-education facilities. State and local buyers under this code procure designated tank operator (DUSTO) services including monthly visual inspections, annual leak certifications, overfill prevention testing, secondary containment integrity assessment, emergency response, and tank removal or replacement. The scope spans routine maintenance and emergency on-call repair to full system decommissioning and replacement of tank gauges and related appurtenances. Issuing bodies include state departments of transportation, regional water reclamation districts, municipal solid waste authorities, and university facilities management offices, with work typically performed at fixed operational sites under prevailing-wage requirements and mandatory credentialing (California Contractors State License Board permits, ICC UST System Operator certificates, or equivalent state registrations).

Recent activity appears concentrated in California and Georgia. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 11 issued IFB 11A4414 on May 22, 2026 (due June 9, 2026) for three-year DUSTO services at its Transportation Management Center in San Diego, including tank decommissioning, monthly inspections, leak monitoring, overfill and containment testing, and on-call repair, with a 5% Small Business preference and a separate 5% Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise incentive capped at $100,000 combined; the contractor office must be within fifty miles of the site, subcontracting is prohibited, and state prevailing wages apply. Eastern Connecticut State University issued ITB ECSU2026107 on February 6, 2026 (due February 27, 2026) for UST removal and generator replacement at its North Heat Plant in Tolland County, Connecticut, with a mandatory pre-bid meeting on February 11, 2026. The Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority in Georgia and the Eastern Municipal Water District in California have also posted recent solicitations involving related gas extraction and storage infrastructure, though those opportunities fall outside the direct scope of UST pumping and draining services. Geographic spread includes California, Connecticut, and Georgia, with most recent volume in California utilities and state transportation.