UNSPSC 80131506: Portable toilet rental service

Service to provide portable restrooms, toilets, shower, and bathing facilities

UNSPSC 80131506 Portable toilet rental service is a Commodity code under which state and local governments procure the rental, delivery, maintenance, and servicing of portable chemical toilet units—including standard, ADA-compliant, and specialty configurations—for parks, public facilities, emergency response, special events, and routine municipal operations. Recent solicitations show agencies buying complete turnkey services that typically include weekly or twice-weekly unit servicing (pumping, cleaning, sanitizing, chemical replenishment, supply restocking), emergency response capability, and specialized support such as hand-washing stations, shower trailers, and septic holding tank pumping. State parks departments, cities, counties, transit and utility authorities, school districts, and special-purpose facilities like fire centers and wildlife areas are the primary issuing bodies. California state agencies—particularly the Department of Parks and Recreation, Department of Water Resources, Department of Fish and Wildlife, CAL FIRE, and the California Highway Patrol—dominate recent posting activity, alongside municipal buyers in Texas, Florida, Michigan, Illinois, Colorado, Arizona, Oregon, and Connecticut. Repeat buyers include the California Department of Parks and Recreation (issuing multiple re-bids across districts for state park and recreational area toilet services), the City of Austin (posted two separate IFBs in recent months for portable toilets and shower facilities under FEMA-funded emergency response contracts), and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Representative recent opportunities illustrate the scope: the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sierra District, issued IFB C26683004 due November 5, 2026, seeking chemical toilet collection, hauling, disposal, and maintenance at three state parks in Nevada County for a three-year term starting January 2027, with 5% small business preference and DVBE incentive but no minimum DVBE participation required; the City of Austin issued IFB 5000 ACA1012 REBID due November 3, 2026, for portable toilets, showers, and wastewater tank services across multiple rental frequencies (annual to daily) and estimated annual quantities spanning 1,057+ monthly rentals and 150+ daily rentals, with 5% local-business and small-business discounts and a $22.05 per-hour minimum living wage requirement; and the California Department of Water Resources issued two parallel IFBs (10222572 and 10222573) due November 12, 2026, for portable toilets and septic tank pumping across North Bay and South Bay jurisdictions with mandatory 3% DVBE participation and 5% small business preference. Emergency Ground Support Equipment Rental (RFP 304T-27-975M4.2) from the Texas Comptroller on behalf of the Texas Division of Emergency Management demonstrates scaling—it seeks 100 portable toilets, 50 hand wash stations, 25 shower facilities, and 5 laundry services across eight disaster regions statewide, with 24-hour on-call availability and 2% service-disabled veteran subcontracting requirements. Set-asides and preferences are common: DVBE participation (either mandatory minimum percentages or voluntary incentives up to 5%), small business preferences (typically 5%), and local-business discounts appear in California, Texas, and Florida procurements; living wage and prevailing wage requirements surface in federally-funded or state-mandated procurements. Activity is concentrated in California and Texas, with secondary concentration in Florida, Michigan, Illinois, Colorado, Connecticut, and Oregon. Contract terms typically run two to three years with optional renewals; pricing is usually fixed annually with adjustments capped at 3–5% tied to labor or transportation indices. Response deadlines cluster in the October–November 2026 window for current-year solicitations, indicating strong near-term market activity.