UNSPSC 76131500: Nuclear waste treatment

UNSPSC 76131500 Nuclear waste treatment, a Class code, encompasses state and local procurement for hazardous and contaminated material removal, remediation, and disposal services. The code in practice covers a broader range of contamination-response activity than its nominal title suggests: pesticide disposal events, pharmaceutical destruction, environmental remediation at contaminated sites, asbestos and mold abatement, biohazard cleanup, and specialized waste streams including PCBs, medical waste, and petroleum-contaminated materials. State and local issuing bodies—principally state environmental protection divisions, county public works and environmental services departments, municipalities, special districts, and institutional clients such as school districts and colleges—solicit regularly under this code for on-call and project-based remediation, testing, and disposal services. The Texas Department of Agriculture, Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, City of Atlanta, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and Texas General Land Office are standout repeat buyers in recent postings. Work is typically structured as RFPs for comprehensive site remediation, ITBs for collection and disposal of specific waste streams, RFQs for professional services, and on-call or IDIQ agreements for emergency response capability.

Geographically, recent activity clusters in Texas, Florida, Georgia, and the broader Southeast, with scattered postings in Oregon, Nevada, Connecticut, Michigan, and California. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Agriculture's Pesticide Disposal Events RFP (due August 17, 2026) seeking 2–3 annual events with capacity for 10,000 to 300,000 pounds of pesticide waste; the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection's Environmental Mitigation, Assessment, and Remediation Services RFP (due August 11, 2026) for statewide on-call assessment, remediation, and specialized site services with a four-year initial term and substantial specialized expertise requirements; the City of Atlanta's Chattahoochee Brick Company Environmental Remediation project (multi-step sealed bid with 35 percent SBE goal, estimated $2.23 million, targeting excavation and disposal of 3,800 cubic yards of lead and cadmium-contaminated soils); and the Broward Sheriff's Office hazardous materials train derailment exercise design RFP (due July 17, 2026) combining training delivery with full-scale emergency simulation under HSEEP standards. Opportunities carry substantial insurance, bonding, regulatory compliance, and specialized certification demands; many are grant-funded or disaster-related, with active DBE, MBE, SBE, or VetHUB subcontracting requirements. Activity is steady and diversified across project types and jurisdictions, signaling sustained demand across state and local infrastructure, emergency response, and facility-management portfolios.