UNSPSC 72154054: Catalyst loading or removal service

Loading and removing of catalyst from equipment or vessels

UNSPSC 72154054 Catalyst loading or removal service (Commodity) describes treatment and disposal of grease trap waste, septic waste, biosolids, and other processing residues from municipal and institutional facilities — work that state and local governments solicit when they need to manage waste streams generated by their wastewater systems, treatment plants, and facility maintenance operations rather than perform treatment on-site. The issuing bodies include school districts, cities, and specialized waste authorities across Florida, Texas, Michigan, and other states. A representative solicitation is the School Board of Volusia County, Florida's Notice of Intent to Single Source (Solicitation SS20263160JD, due May 5, 2026) for intake, treatment, and processing of 608,000 gallons of grease trap, septic, biosolids, and treatment waste annually at an estimated cost of $200,000, requiring the contractor to maintain a permitted facility within the county, operate staffed receiving stations, generate electronic manifests and monthly reports, and comply with EPA and Florida Department of Environmental Protection regulations. Another example is Houston City College's RFP 27-03 (due November 20, 2026) for biological waste collection and disposal, including furnishing sharps containers, biohazard bags, and waste tracking documents with Monday-through-Friday pickup service, 48-hour notice requirements, and certificates of destruction for each pickup.

Geographic activity centers on Florida (Volusia County, Hillsborough County, St. Petersburg), Texas (Houston City College, Austin State Supported Living Center), and Michigan (MDOT Grand Region emergency spill response), with scattered solicitations from Arizona, Georgia, Washington, and other states. The code shows substantive recent activity: waste treatment and disposal contracts appear in the recent-opportunities block as RFQs, RFPs, and ITBs issued between September and October 2026, with response dates clustering in September through November 2026 and estimated annual contract values ranging from $178,807 to $14.28 million over multi-year terms. Contractors typically bid on per-gallon, per-pound, or per-load rates; must hold state and federal hazardous-waste transporter permits and current biomedical waste or environmental licenses; and must maintain pollution liability insurance with limits from $1 million to $5 million per occurrence. The work is well-established and recurring, driven by regulatory compliance requirements and the continuous generation of waste streams that municipalities and districts cannot economically treat themselves.