UNSPSC 78131803: Hazardous materials storage

UNSPSC 78131803 Hazardous materials storage is a Commodity code covering the receipt, storage, inventory management, and disposal coordination of hazardous, regulated, or controlled materials requiring specialized facility conditions. State and local governments procure under this code when they operate laboratories generating hazardous waste, manage emergency response stockpiles, or require secure storage of regulated substances such as pharmaceuticals, petroleum products, chemical samples, asbestos, radiological materials, and medical wastes. The recent solicitation record shows a narrow but active market driven primarily by state environmental and health agencies, with secondary activity from city and county facilities managing facility-specific hazardous or temperature-sensitive inventory. Issuing bodies include state environmental and health departments (Rhode Island Division of Purchases, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Texas Health and Human Services Commission), state transportation authorities (Florida Department of Transportation), and state social-service facilities (Illinois Department of Human Services). Repeat buyers are not evident in the recent record, but the Texas HHSC appears multiple times across different storage verticals, suggesting institutional reliance on outsourced warehouse logistics.

The code sees recent activity concentrated in Texas, Rhode Island, California, and Florida. Representative solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0016767v3 (posted September 22, 2026, bids due October 13, 2026) seeking climate-controlled and non-climate-controlled storage and transportation for medical supplies and emergency-response materials in San Antonio with a historical annual value of $3.8 million; the State of Rhode Island Division of Purchases' open-enrollment MPA 118 OE (posted August 11, 2026, initial responses due September 9, 2026) for 24-hour emergency hazardous waste and petroleum spill response and cleanup services statewide with technical and pricing proposals; the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's IFB P2675008 (posted June 24, 2026, bids due July 10, 2026) for hazardous waste disposal from laboratory programs at two Rancho Cordova facilities, structured as line-item unit rates across multiple waste streams; and the Maryland Environmental Service's IFB 1265265R (posted July 31, 2026, bids due September 3, 2026) for hazardous and non-hazardous waste transportation and disposal at Hawkins Point Landfill and Dundalk Marine Terminal with a 10% MBE participation goal. Most solicitations require firm fixed pricing, comprehensive insurance including pollution liability, and compliance with EPA and state environmental regulations; VetHUB or MBE subcontracting goals appear in multiple opportunities.