UNSPSC 78182103: Charging network

Third-party owned and operated, in which the charging station owner is responsible for installation, operation, and maintenance, and has control over pricing and the overall customer experience. In general turn to third parties to set up EV charging networks.

UNSPSC 78182103 Charging network is a Commodity code covering the procurement, installation, operation, and maintenance of electric vehicle charging infrastructure at state and local facilities. State and local governments are buying complete charging systems—from design-build turnkey installations of networked Level 2 and DC Fast Charging stations, to equipment supply and parts, to ongoing repair and maintenance services—with work ranging from single-site municipal projects to multi-jurisdictional regional networks. Issuing bodies include city public works departments, county transportation authorities, municipal water districts, special-purpose airport authorities, state finance authorities, and tribal governments. Recent solicitations show activity across design-build contracting (installation, permitting, commissioning), capital equipment procurement (chargers, mounting hardware, bollards), parts and supplies for existing networks on an as-needed basis, and service contracts (maintenance, repair, uptime guarantees).

The code has seen substantial recent activity across multiple states and jurisdictions. The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians posted an RFP for turnkey design-build of thirty-two DC Fast Charging ports in Lincoln County, Oregon (proposals due July 15, 2026); the City of Thousand Oaks issued two sealed-bid ITBs for Level 2 charging infrastructure at municipal facilities in California (bids due May and June 2026); the Ontario International Airport Authority in San Bernardino County, California solicited construction services for seventeen eGSE charging stations in an IFB (proposals due June 1, 2026); the Illinois Finance Authority solicited bids for Level 2 and DCFC installation and five-year operation across Northern and Central-Southern Illinois (bids due February and April 2026); the Georgia World Congress Center Authority in Atlanta sought proposals for twenty-one dual-port Level 2 stations across parking decks (proposals due April 20, 2026); and the County of Sacramento issued an RFB for EV charging station parts on an as-needed basis through a cooperative purchasing vehicle (bids due May 15, 2026). Additional recent opportunities include Broward County's open-end indefinite-quantity contract for ChargePoint DC charger repair and maintenance (responses due May 5, 2026), the Orange County Transportation Authority's IFB for battery-electric charger installation at a bus base (bids due December 5, 2025), and West Basin Municipal Water District's RFQ for three Level 2 ChargePoint units (quotations due April 23, 2026). Geographic concentration spans California (multiple cities and the state EVSE procurement), Illinois (state and regional funding), Florida (county and municipal procurement), Oregon, Georgia, and New York, with federal funding through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Grant Program, Federal Transit Administration, and other sources driving much of the current volume.