UNSPSC 77141605: Non drinking water volatile organic compounds testing

Testing of non-potable water or aqueous solutions by a NELAC / VELAP certified laboratory by EPA approved methods for volatile compounds.

UNSPSC 77141605 Non drinking water volatile organic compounds testing, a Commodity code, addresses the technical analysis and laboratory characterization of contamination in non-potable water sources — work that state and local governments purchase as part of environmental remediation, site assessment, and regulatory compliance activities. Recent state and local solicitations under this code show demand concentrated in environmental remediation and site investigation contracts rather than standalone testing services, with issuing bodies including state environmental protection agencies, counties, cities, and special districts procuring integrated packages where VOC testing forms a component of broader site characterization and cleanup work.

The issuing bodies soliciting under related environmental-response codes span state environmental agencies (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, Georgia Department of Natural Resources), county governments (Marion County Florida, Clayton County Georgia, Collier County Florida, Jefferson County Kentucky), cities (Atlanta, Fort Worth, Salem, Huntsville), school districts (Marysville Public Schools, Texas State Technical College), and regional authorities (H-GAC in Texas). The State of Nevada's RFQ 70CNRS3900 for Environmental Mitigation, Assessment, and Remediation Services (due August 11, 2026) exemplifies the scope: statewide as-needed remediation across site assessment and characterization, remediation services, chlorinated solvent impacted site services, and abandoned mine land site services, with contractor staffing requiring environmental and civil engineering, hydrogeology, chemistry, and toxicology expertise. The City of Atlanta's PE66062NONST2026000000351 pre-advertisement for Chattahoochee Brick Company environmental remediation (estimated $2.23 million, due July 31, 2026) specifies excavation and off-site disposal of approximately 3,800 cubic yards of surface soils contaminated with lead, cadmium, benzene, and other compounds exceeding Georgia Type 1 residential Risk Reduction Standards, with environmental monitoring and regulatory compliance under EPA Brownfields requirements. VOC testing appears embedded in these larger remediation contracts rather than as a standalone line item, suggesting that procurement opportunities under this code are most accessible through broader environmental services, site assessment, and remediation RFPs where testing is a required deliverable rather than the primary scope.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas (TCEQ, Texas General Land Office, Texas Facilities Commission, H-GAC Houston-area procurements), Nevada, Georgia (multiple counties and state agencies), and Florida (Marion, Collier, Volusia counties), with secondary activity in Oregon, Michigan, Connecticut, Illinois, and other jurisdictions. The most decision-relevant near-term opportunities are the Nevada NDEP statewide environmental remediation RFQ (August 11, 2026) and Atlanta's Chattahoochee Brick site remediation IFB-track prequalification (July 31, 2026 questions deadline), both of which will require subcontractors or prime contractors with VOC and other volatile contaminant testing capability. However, the code's sparse direct solicitation activity — no standalone VOC testing RFPs appear in the recent block — suggests this commodity is most profitably pursued as a subcontracting or laboratory-support line item within larger environmental services contracts rather than as a primary business target for independent testing firms.