UNSPSC 77141500: Water or aqueous testing

Analysis of water or aqueous samples by a NELAC, VELAP certified laboratory using EPA methods

UNSPSC 77141500 Water or aqueous testing is a Class code spanning environmental and laboratory analysis services that state and local governments procure to monitor water quality, wastewater compliance, and hazardous material disposition. Recent state and local opportunities under this code, however, show minimal alignment with the abstract taxonomy name. The largest and most concrete recent activity instead centers on waste collection, transportation, processing, and disposal — grease trap waste, septic waste, leachate from landfills and transfer stations, biosolids, sludge, biohazardous waste, hazardous waste streams, and debris from emergency events. State and local issuing bodies include county departments of waste services and public works, municipal sanitation and environmental services departments, independent school districts, special-purpose authorities (solid waste districts, port authorities), state corrections and transportation departments, and regional transit authorities. Repeat buyers across the recent-opportunities block include Hillsborough County (Florida), the City of Wichita (Kansas), and multiple Florida school districts and cities; activity spans Florida, Kansas, Texas, Georgia, Michigan, Oregon, and Arizona, with particularly dense recent solicitation volume in the Southeast.

Representative recent opportunities include the School Board of Volusia County issuing a notice of intent to single-source waste processing and disposal services (intake, treatment, and processing of 608,000 gallons annually of grease trap waste, septic waste, biosolids, and treatment waste) under solicitation SS20263160JD with responses due May 5, 2026; Houston City College requesting proposals for biological waste collection and disposal under RFP 27-03 with responses due November 20, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. CST via the Bonfire portal, requiring furnished sharps containers, biohazard signage, waste tracking documents, and certificates of destruction with pickup availability Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and 48-hour notice requirement; the City of Wichita requesting bids for solidification and disposal of non-hazardous liquid waste under ITB 260215 with responses due October 30, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., encompassing treatment and disposal of liquid waste plus approximately 20 annual pickup loads from the Sewage Treatment Plant with no estimated contract value disclosed; and Hillsborough County requesting competitive sealed bids for pumping, transportation, and disposal of leachate from the Southeast County Landfill under ITB-26-00422 with an estimated three-year contract value of $14.28 million and responses due October 14, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The code shows active, recurring procurement across multiple jurisdictions and facility types but reflects operational waste management and disposal rather than analytical water testing services.