UNSPSC 77140000: Environmental laboratory services

Environmental sample testing to NELAC, VELAP standards for drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, groundwater, surface water, soil, sludge, solid waste, waste disposal, and ballast water.

UNSPSC 77140000 Environmental laboratory services is a Family code that encompasses laboratory testing, analysis, and monitoring services that state and local governments use to support environmental compliance, hazard characterization, site remediation, water quality oversight, and waste management operations. Recent state and local solicitations show demand for specialized analytical capacity across soil and groundwater testing, cyanobacteria identification, tissue analysis for contaminants, hazardous waste characterization, industrial stormwater monitoring, and biosolids assessment—work typically performed on an as-needed or task-order basis when in-house laboratory capacity is unavailable or when specialized certifications and methodologies are required.

Issuing bodies span state environmental protection agencies, counties, municipalities, water authorities, special-purpose districts, and university research centers contracting on behalf of military installations. The State of Utah Division of Purchasing and Nevada Division of Environmental Protection appear as repeat buyers across multiple specialized analyses. Geographic spread shows recent activity concentrated in Texas, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, and Florida, with additional activity across the Upper Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states. Representative recent procurements include the State of Utah Division of Purchasing soliciting cyanobacteria identification and enumeration services under IFB NC26-85 (due July 7, 2026) at $385,000 over five years with turnaround windows as tight as 24 hours for rapid harmful algal bloom confirmation; the State of Utah Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control seeking soil and groundwater radiological and conventional chemical analysis under RFP NC26-78 (due July 2, 2026) with a five-year budget of $85,000 and mandatory NELAC certification; and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection soliciting on-call environmental assessment, remediation, and characterization services statewide (RFQ 70CNRS3900, due August 11, 2026) with specialized expertise requirements in geotechnical engineering, hydrogeology, and risk assessment. Contractors pursuing this code should position certifications—particularly NELAC, NIST cybersecurity standards, and EPA method competencies—and emphasize rapid turnaround capability and geographic service capacity, as many jurisdictions structure these procurements to serve multiple facilities or statewide coverage areas on a task-order basis.