UNSPSC 77131701: Toxic substances monitoring services

UNSPSC 77131701 Toxic substances monitoring services is a Commodity code describing environmental sampling, lab analysis, and regulatory compliance reporting for hazardous waste, biological waste, and contaminated materials generated by state and local facilities. State and local governments soliciting under this code are actually buying waste collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal services—often tagged with monitoring requirements to track compliance with EPA, state environmental, and occupational safety regulations. The issuing bodies are diverse: school districts (Volusia County Florida), cities (Wichita, Fort Worth, Tampa, Tucson, St. Petersburg, Mableton), county governments (Hillsborough County Florida, Marion County Oregon, Clayton County Georgia, Walworth County Wisconsin), state departments (Michigan DOT, Texas HHSC, Texas Military Department, Illinois EPA), special districts (Glades Electric Cooperative, Brazos River Authority), transit authorities (Lee County Port Authority), and higher education (Houston City College, University of Houston, Maricopa County Community College District). School districts, county solid waste departments, city environmental services offices, and state transportation or health agencies post the most activity.

Recent opportunities span hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams across the country: the School Board of Volusia County (Florida) is issuing a Notice of Intent to Single Source waste processing and disposal for grease trap waste, septic waste, and biosolids at $200,000 annually under ITB SS20263160JD due May 5, 2026; Hillsborough County (Florida) is requesting bids for leachate pumping, transportation, and disposal from the Southeast County Landfill under ITB 26-00422 with an estimated value of $14.28 million over three years and bids due October 14, 2026; the City of Fort Worth is soliciting standby disaster debris monitoring on a best-value basis under RFP 26-0312 due November 5, 2026 with a mandatory 30 percent Small Business participation goal; the Michigan Department of Transportation is requesting proposals for emergency environmental cleanup and remediation services in the Grand Region (13 counties) under RFP 26-2668 due October 5, 2026, with mandatory 40-Hour OSHA HAZWOPER certification and hazmat endorsements required for all staff; the City of Tucson Environmental Services Department is seeking proposals for citywide cleanup including illegal dumping and homeless encampment refuse removal under RFP 270177 due October 30, 2026 with Davis-Bacon prevailing wage and DBE participation requirements triggered by HUD and FTA funding; and the City of Tampa is requesting quotes for hazardous and non-hazardous waste pickup, transport, identification, and disposal under RFQ Illegal_Dumping_and_Hazardous_Material_Disposal_SMQ due September 11, 2026, with mandatory EPA Identification Numbers and Florida FDEP hazardous waste transporter registration required at bid submission. Geographic concentration is highest in Florida (Volusia, Hillsborough, Fort Worth, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Lee County), the Midwest (Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kansas, Texas), and the Southwest (Arizona, California). The mix of waste streams—from leachate and sludge hauling to AFFF foam transition, sharps containers, biological waste, chemical waste, and disaster debris—indicates the code captures the full portfolio of state and local toxics management, including regulatory monitoring, transportation, treatment, disposal, and site remediation.