UNSPSC 77141601: Non drinking water microbiological testing

Testing of non-potable water (ground, storm, waste, etc.) or aqueous solutions for microbial contamination such as E. coli, Enterococcus, sulfur bacteria, etc. by a NELAC, VELAP certified laboratory utilizing EPA approved methodology.

UNSPSC 77141601 Non drinking water microbiological testing (Commodity) captures state and local procurement of microbiological analysis and waste-stream testing services, though recent opportunities show this code being applied inconsistently to work spanning broader waste processing, disposal, and remediation activities that fall outside the code's nominal scope. The issuing bodies include school districts, cities, counties, state departments, transit authorities, and special-purpose authorities; repeat buyers are concentrated among Florida county governments (Hillsborough, Volusia, Marion) and Texas municipalities. State and local agencies are actively soliciting waste collection, pumping, transportation, disposal, and emergency response services across non-hazardous and hazardous waste streams—leachate hauling, biosolids treatment, biohazardous sharps removal, special waste solidification, and debris management—alongside true microbiological testing where present.

Representative recent opportunities illustrate the code's current application breadth: the School Board of Volusia County, Florida posted a Notice of Intent to Single Source waste processing and disposal (intake, treatment, grease trap and septic waste) on October 19, 2026, due May 5, 2026, at an estimated annual value of $200,000; Houston City College solicited biological waste collection and disposal under RFP 27-03, due November 20, 2026, covering sharps containers, biohazard signage, and waste tracking with pickup Monday through Friday; the City of Wichita, Kansas issued an ITB for solidification and disposal of non-hazardous liquid waste (treatment, landfill disposal, analytical testing) due October 30, 2026; and Hillsborough County, Florida sought competitive bids for leachate pumping, transportation, and disposal under ITB 26-00422 due October 14, 2026, with an estimated three-year value of $14.28 million. Geographic activity concentrates in Florida (Hillsborough, Volusia, Marion, Hillsborough counties; cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, Orlando), Texas (Wichita, Houston, San Felipe Del Rio, Austin, Fort Worth, Waco), Michigan (statewide MDOT regions), and scattered activity across Kansas, Georgia, and the Pacific Northwest. The code shows little decision-aligned recent activity specifically tied to microbiological testing of non-drinking water; instead, state and local agencies are tagging broader waste-services RFPs and ITBs with this commodity code, creating potential misalignment between code taxonomy and actual procurement.