UNSPSC 78131700: Bulk storage

UNSPSC 78131700 Bulk storage is a Class code covering warehousing and storage facility services that state and local governments procure to hold medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, food items, and emergency materials. Recent opportunities show state and local buyers soliciting climate-controlled and non-climate-controlled warehouse space with associated receiving, inventory management, picking, packing, and shipping services, often tied to public health emergency response, school nutrition programs, or facility-specific dry-goods storage. Issuing bodies span state health and human services agencies, departments of agriculture, city parking divisions, developmental centers, and local nutrition management programs. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission appears multiple times in the recent activity, having issued successive iterations of its San Antonio warehouse RFQ (HHS0016767, HHS0016767v2, HHS0016767v3) for climate-controlled and non-climate-controlled medical-supply storage supporting the Department of State Health Services, with a mandatory HUB subcontracting plan and 26 percent VetHUB utilization goal.

Geographic activity clusters in Texas, New Jersey, Illinois, Arizona, and Florida. The New Jersey Department of Agriculture solicited food storage and warehousing across two zones (Southern and Northern Jersey) to support USDA-donated foods for school lunch and summer feeding programs under RFQ 26DPP01313, due October 29, 2026, covering approximately 584,000 cases of foods valued at $20 million annually. The Illinois Department of Human Services issued IFB B-52252 for dry-goods warehousing at the Ann M. Kiley Center in Waukegan, running July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029, with 14 percent BEP and 3 percent VBP diversity goals. Texas HHSC's most recent iteration (HHS0016767v3) requires a minimum 10,000 square feet of climate-controlled space and 25,000 square feet of non-climate-controlled space within Bexar County, operational 24 hours with five or more loading docks, bids due October 13, 2026; historical spend for similar Texas services was $3.797 million from June 2021 through July 2026. The City of Phoenix solicited warehouse shelving under IFB IFB260251 for a five-year contract commencing August 1, 2026, and the City of DeBary, Florida pursued irrigation system improvements (which does not align with bulk-storage scope) under a separate bid. Activity shows active state-level demand in Texas, regional school and nutrition program activity in New Jersey and Illinois, and municipal facility support needs across multiple jurisdictions.