UNSPSC 77141502: Metals testing

Metals testing by inductively coupled plasma ICP analysiis for Ag, Al, As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Cu, Ca, Mg, Fe, Na, Ni, K, Sr, Tl, Ti, Zn,

UNSPSC 77141502 Metals testing is a Commodity code that in practice covers environmental remediation, hazardous waste management, and specialized waste disposal services—not laboratory analysis of metal composition or properties. State and local governments are soliciting under this code for on-site waste characterization, profiling, and field-based environmental testing to support hazardous-material cleanup, biohazard disposal compliance, and emergency spill response across multiple departments and jurisdictions.

School districts, counties, cities, state departments, transit authorities, and special-purpose agencies are all active buyers. Volusia County Schools in Florida and Houston City College have posted recent biological waste and biohazard disposal solicitations; the City of Tucson, City of Wichita, Hillsborough County in Florida, and the Michigan Department of Transportation have posted emergency environmental cleanup and hazardous-waste removal opportunities. The mix spans state-level procurement (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Michigan Department of Transportation, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), county and municipal solid waste and environmental services departments, and specialized agencies managing medical facilities, college campuses, and water utilities. Geographic activity is dispersed across Florida, Texas, Kansas, Georgia, Michigan, Oregon, Washington, and the upper Midwest, with Florida and Texas showing particularly dense recent activity. Representative recent solicitations include the Volusia County Schools notice (IFB SS20263160JD, responses due May 5, 2026) for grease trap waste, septic waste, and biosolids intake and treatment at $200,000 annually; Houston City College's RFP for biological waste collection and disposal (RFP 27-03, due November 20, 2026) with comprehensive waste tracking and daily reporting requirements; the City of Wichita's ITB for solidification and disposal of non-hazardous liquid waste (ITB 260215, due October 30, 2026) serving city and joint city/county agencies plus private-sector generators; and the Michigan Department of Transportation's emergency environmental cleanup RFP covering 13 counties in the Grand Region (RFP 26-2668, due October 5, 2026) with mandatory HAZWOPER and hazmat endorsement requirements and two-hour emergency response capability.