UNSPSC 77141505: Volatile organic compounds testing

Testing of drinking water by a NELAC, VELAP certified laboratory for organic compounds that are volatile by EPA approved methods.

UNSPSC 77141505 Volatile organic compounds testing, a Commodity code, does not map to the state and local procurement activity recently recorded under this code. The recent opportunities tagged with 77141505 span hazardous waste disposal, medical waste removal, leachate pumping and disposal, debris cleanup following disasters, sludge hauling, grease trap waste processing, asbestos remediation, and household hazardous waste collection—none of which involve testing for volatile organic compounds. The single opportunity closest to the code name—a Volusia County Schools notice for waste processing and disposal services covering grease trap waste, septic waste, biosolids, and treatment waste to North East Treatment LLC—describes intake and processing operations, not VOC testing or analysis. This indicates the code is either misapplied across a range of environmental waste-handling solicitations or functions as a catch-all tag for environmental remediation and waste management services that lack a better-fitting taxonomy home.

State and local issuing bodies using this code include county waste departments, municipal environmental services divisions, school districts, special-purpose authorities, and state transportation and corrections agencies across Florida, Texas, Kansas, Georgia, Michigan, Oregon, Wisconsin, and elsewhere. Representative recent solicitations include Volusia County Schools (Solicitation SS20263160JD, notice of intent to single-source waste processing and disposal, May 5, 2026 response date), Hillsborough County Commissioners (ITB 26-00422 for leachate pumping, transportation, and disposal, October 14, 2026 response date), the City of Wichita (ITB 260215 for solidification and disposal of non-hazardous liquid waste, October 30, 2026 response date), and the Michigan Department of Transportation (RFP 26-2668 for emergency environmental cleanup and remediation services, October 5, 2026 response date). The code sees active use across the Midwest, South, and Southwest but shows no concentration in a single jurisdiction or region. If your firm handles environmental remediation, hazardous waste transport, medical waste removal, or emergency spill response, treat this code as worth monitoring; the misclassification does not necessarily signal low buyer interest, only that state and local procurement offices are routing diverse environmental services through a single code rather than maintaining separate taxonomies for testing, treatment, and disposal.