UNSPSC 73101506: Research and development refining services

Research and Development refining general bitumen, residues, syngas. Petroleum refineries change crude oil into petroleum products for use as fuels for transportation, heating, paving roads, and generating electricity and as feedstocks for making chemicals. Refining breaks crude oil down into its various components, which are then selectively reconfigured into new products.

UNSPSC 73101506 Research and development refining services is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under it show no alignment with research, development, or refining work. The two most recent solicitations tagged to this code—a municipal irrigation system installation project and a school district armored car service contract—fall outside the code's nominal scope entirely. The source provides no evidence of state and local governments actually procuring research and development refining services under this code.

The mismatch between the code definition and the posted opportunities suggests either a tagging error in the source data or that this code sees little relevant state and local procurement activity. Without recent opportunities that reflect the actual scope of research and development refining work, no reliable characterization of issuing-body mix, geographic concentration, or representative work can be drawn from the source. Firms evaluating this code should verify the code assignment against their target opportunities and consider whether tagging inconsistencies reflect broader inactivity in this commodity area at the state and local level.