UNSPSC 76121701: Sewage treatment services

UNSPSC 76121701 Sewage treatment services is a Commodity code reflecting work state and local governments solicit to maintain, inspect, pump, and dispose of septic tanks, vault toilets, sludge, and related wastewater conveyance and treatment infrastructure. Recent opportunities show jurisdictions purchasing routine septic and vault toilet pumping at parks and wildlife areas, emergency sludge hauling from wastewater treatment plants, force main valve installation and flow meter assembly work, secondary clarifier drive replacement, and engineering design services for sewer line rehabilitation and treatment plant upgrades. The issuing bodies span state departments (California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Maryland Environmental Service, Georgia Department of Transportation), county and municipal governments (Seminole County, Beaufort Jasper Water & Sewer Authority, Dorchester County, Wayne County, City of Phoenix, City of Atlanta, Hinckley Town, Great Lakes Water Authority), and regional water authorities. State environmental and natural resources agencies appear repeatedly as buyers of routine portable toilet and septic pumping services at facilities across multiple counties. Engineering RFQs and design-build services dominate the higher-complexity opportunities, particularly for treatment plant rehabilitation, sewer system extensions, and disaster recovery work funded through CDBG-DR, ARC, GEFA, and USDA programs.

The code sees substantial activity across California, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Maryland, Ohio, and Michigan. Recent representative opportunities include the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's IFB P2620005 for septic tank inspection and pumping at four tanks in Rancho Cordova (bids due July 31, 2026); Beaufort Jasper Water & Sewer Authority's IFB CIP-2490 for clarifier drive replacement at Port Royal Island Water Reclamation Facility in South Carolina (bids due August 11, 2026); the City of Phoenix RFQ for large-diameter sewer rehabilitation engineering services covering 14 miles of pipe and 287 segments (qualifications due July 6, 2026); Seminole County's Master Services Agreement for Class I Reliability Improvements at Greenwood Lakes Water Reclamation Facility (proposals due July 1, 2026); and the Maryland Environmental Service's SBR procurement for liquid sludge hauling from four wastewater treatment plants in Washington and Frederick Counties (bids due June 29, 2026). Opportunities span routine service contracts (pumping, hauling, tank cleaning) with fixed unit pricing and multi-year terms alongside complex design-engineer-build work for infrastructure rehabilitation funded through state and federal grant programs, with federal compliance requirements (BABA, Davis-Bacon, Section 3) increasingly common in newer solicitations.