UNSPSC 76131600: Toxic spill cleanup

UNSPSC 76131600 Toxic spill cleanup (Class) encompasses emergency response and remediation of accidental and illicit chemical, hazardous material, and fuel spills at state and local facilities, as well as the collection, transportation, and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams generated during cleanup and normal facility operations. State and local governments procure these services across multiple issuing bodies—water utilities, wastewater treatment plants, transportation departments, county waste management divisions, fire departments, environmental services departments, and municipal facilities. The actual scope of work diverges significantly from the code's nominal framing: recent solicitations tag hazardous-waste transportation and disposal, biohazardous and medical waste collection, leachate pumping and disposal from landfills and transfer stations, sludge hauling, household hazardous waste collection events, disaster debris removal and cleanup, and specialized asbestos remediation and AFFF foam transition work. A representative recent opportunity is the Michigan Department of Transportation's RFP 26-2668 (posted September 17, 2026, responses due October 5, 2026) for emergency environmental cleanup and remediation services across 13 counties in the Grand Region, requiring 24/7 availability with two-hour response time for fuel spills and biohazard cleanup on MDOT right-of-way, with all staff mandatorily holding 40-Hour OSHA HAZWOPER certification and commercial driver's licenses with hazardous materials endorsements. Another is the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' ITB 26-00422 (posted September 23, 2026, bids due October 14, 2026) for pumping, transportation, and disposal of leachate from the Southeast County Landfill at an estimated contract value of $14.28 million over three years.

The code shows heavy recent activity concentrated in Florida, Texas, Kansas, Michigan, Georgia, and Arizona. Florida dominates with multiple county and municipal solicitations: Volusia County Schools (single-source waste processing and disposal, $200,000 annually), Hillsborough County (leachate disposal at $14.28 million over three years and biohazardous waste removal at $178,807.86 over five years), the City of St. Petersburg (24/7 emergency spill response, sole-source with Hull's Environmental Services), and the City of Tampa (hazardous and non-hazardous waste pickup and disposal). Texas opportunities include Houston City College's biological waste collection and disposal, the Texas Military Department's statewide special waste removal, and the City of Waco's sludge hauling. Michigan, Kansas, Georgia, and Arizona also show recent multi-year framework or on-call procurements. Geographic spread reflects distributed state and local demand; no single region concentrates the market. The issuing body mix spans state departments (Michigan DOT, Texas HHSC, Illinois EPA, Texas Military Department), counties (Hillsborough, Escambia, Marion, Clayton, Walworth), cities (Wichita, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Fort Worth, Tucson, Waco, Phoenix, Albuquerque), special districts (Lee County Port Authority, Houston City College), utilities (Orlando Utilities Commission), and school districts (Volusia County Schools, San Felipe Del Rio CISD). Opportunities range from single-source awards following failed competitive bids to multi-year as-needed framework contracts with emergency-response windows and strict compliance mandates around HAZWOPER certification, EPA permitting, and pollution liability insurance. Several solicitations emphasize small-business participation goals or preferences (Fort Worth's 30 percent SBE goal, Wichita's SEBE evaluation weighting, Fort Worth's DBE participation). Response deadlines cluster in late August through early October 2026, with several addenda and amendments extending initial timelines.