UNSPSC 77131500: Oil pollution

UNSPSC 77131500 Oil pollution is a Class code that covers emergency and non-emergency response, cleanup, and restoration services for hazardous and non-hazardous oil and chemical spills in state and local jurisdictions. State and local governments procure these services to manage acute spill incidents, maintain compliance with EPA and state environmental regulations, and support coastal and emergency-response infrastructure. The City of Austin, Texas—the primary recent buyer under this code—is actively soliciting spill response contractors to cover the Austin Energy service area across Travis County and adjoining counties, requiring 24-hour availability, OSHA HAZWOPER 40-hour certification, and comprehensive insurance coverage including environmental impairment liability. Contracts are structured as indefinite-quantity agreements with performance-based pricing tied to response categories (hazardous spills containing PCBs at 50 ppm or greater, non-hazardous spills, and industrial remedial support) and equipment and labor categories. Cities are the dominant issuing bodies under this code, though state environmental agencies (such as the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) and state fish and wildlife commissions also solicit related environmental remediation and spill-mapping services.

Austin's RFP 1100 DCM3046 (due May 28, 2026) is the most concrete recent opportunity, calling for emergency response mobilization within one hour and non-emergency response within eight hours, with pricing across six labor and equipment line items and mandatory compliance with the City's $22.05 per-hour living wage requirement, M/WBE participation, and five percent bid bonds. A pre-offer conference was held April 22, 2026, and questions closed April 29, 2026. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission issued RFSOQ 15346 (response deadline April 9, 2026, anticipated award May 27, 2026) for Environmental Sensitivity Index mapping and GIS technical services in support of coastal oil and hazardous spill response, requiring licensed professional surveyors and mappers and task-order-based compensation. Texas and Florida—coastal states with active offshore and industrial petroleum operations—are the primary jurisdictions showing recent activity under this code, though procurement is geographically sparse and episodic.