UNSPSC 80161701: Byproduct disposal or sale service

Services associated with the disposal of by-products of other processes and/or functions

UNSPSC 80161701 Byproduct disposal or sale service is a Commodity code capturing the removal, transport, treatment, and final disposition of waste streams generated by municipal and institutional operations—including leachate, biosolids, sludge, grease trap waste, hazardous waste, used oil, universal waste, and vegetative debris. State and local governments are soliciting under this code to manage the byproducts of wastewater treatment, landfill operations, fleet maintenance, schools, transit systems, and city departments. The work spans hazardous-waste characterization and manifesting, on-call pumping and hauling of liquid waste, processing and recycling of universal waste streams (batteries, lamps, ballasts, circuit boards), biological waste management, and final disposal at permitted facilities or alternative recovery pathways. Issuing bodies include city public works departments, counties, school boards, special-purpose authorities (solid waste authorities, transit agencies, ports), utilities, and state health and human services commissions. Florida cities and counties appear prominently in recent solicitations, alongside state procurement bodies in Texas, Georgia, Arizona, and California. Representative recent opportunities include the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' ITB-26-00422 for pumping, transportation, and disposal of leachate from the Southeast County Landfill (response deadline October 14, 2026, estimated three-year value $14.28 million); Marion County School Board's ITB 4194MF for hazardous waste packaging, pickup, and disposal (response deadline October 7, 2026); the School Board of Volusia County's notice of intent to single-source waste processing and disposal services with North East Treatment LLC (response deadline May 5, 2026, estimated annual spend $200,000); and the City of Sanford's RFP 252601 for biosolids disposal and recycling (response deadline August 13, 2026, extended by addendum).

Recent activity clusters around three principal waste-stream categories: liquid waste management (leachate, septage, sludge hauling) drawing multi-million-dollar contracts in Florida and Texas with three-year terms; hazardous-waste collection and manifesting from schools and fleet maintenance yards across the Southeast with annual volumes specified by material type and response-time requirements; and universal waste and biosolids processing spanning the country with significant competition. Procurement instruments vary from firm fixed-price per-ton or per-gallon contracts for routine disposal to as-needed service agreements with mobilization fees, emergency-response premiums, and annual price adjustments tied to the Consumer Price Index. Insurance requirements are consistently high across the board—General Liability minimums of $1 million to $5 million per occurrence, Pollution Liability of $1 million to $2 million, and Workers' Compensation at statutory limits—reflecting regulatory and environmental-liability exposure. Set-asides and preferences appear selectively: Marion County's hazardous-waste bid specifies no explicit set-asides; the City of Wichita's leachate disposal ITB (response deadline October 30, 2026) offers no preference; and Houston City College's biological waste RFP encourages but does not require student internship components. Geographic concentration is visible in the South (Florida, Georgia) and Southwest (Texas, Arizona), but the code spans activity in the Pacific Northwest, Midwest, and Northeast. Pre-bid meetings and mandatory site visits are common (Marion County required September 22, Hillsborough County required September 9), and question deadlines typically precede bid openings by 7–14 days. This code is active and competitive; entry barriers include regulatory licensing (EPA Generator ID, TCEQ registration, Florida DEP transporter permits), specialized equipment (vacuum trucks, tanker trailers, manifesting systems), and demonstrated track record with similar material streams.