UNSPSC 81101527: Wastewater engineering

The design of wastewater systems -sanitary sewer and grey water- is the design of a closed network of pipes, buffer chambers, pumping stations and sewage treatment plants. These are used to remove wastewater from human activity and treat the wastewater to

UNSPSC 81101527 Wastewater engineering (Commodity) covers the design, engineering oversight, and construction-phase support for wastewater treatment infrastructure, pump stations, lift stations, force mains, and collection system rehabilitation. State and local governments buying under this code are procuring preliminary and final design services, construction administration and inspection oversight, specialized rehabilitation techniques (cured-in-place pipe lining, secondary clarifier rehabilitation), feasibility studies, permitting support, and operational/technical assistance for existing and new wastewater facilities. Recent solicitations show cities, counties, and regional utilities issuing RFQs and RFPs for on-call and project-specific engineering services across treatment plants, pump and lift stations, gravity and force main systems, and flow monitoring infrastructure.

The issuing-body mix spans municipal water and wastewater departments (Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Waco, Winter Park, San Antonio), county utilities (Forsyth County Georgia, Cobb County Georgia, Hamilton County Ohio, Charles County Maryland, Sarasota County), regional authorities (Gainesville Regional Utilities, City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management), and smaller municipalities and towns (Monroe Oregon, Glastonbury Connecticut, McRae-Helena Georgia, Rome Georgia, Montville Connecticut). Geographic activity clusters in Florida (Winter Park, St. Petersburg, Sarasota, DeBary, Waco Texas), Georgia (Atlanta, Forsyth County, Cobb County, McRae-Helena, Rome), Ohio (Hamilton County), Arizona (Phoenix, Tucson), Oregon (Monroe, Clatskanie), and the upper Midwest. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix's Lift Station 47 Redundant Force Main construction administration and inspection services (RFQ due October 30, 2026, estimated construction cost $7.9 million); Hamilton County Ohio's Little Miami Wastewater Treatment Plant high-rate treatment facility progressive design-build project (RFQ due October 27, 2026); Forsyth County Georgia's sanitary sewer flow monitoring services (proposals due October 15, 2026); and Cobb County Georgia's master task order contracting for water and wastewater facilities services with a $500,000 annual per-firm cap and $1.5 million lifetime maximum (proposals due October 22, 2026). Qualifications-based selection dominates the code's recent activity, with pricing negotiated post-award or structured as hourly rates, time-and-materials, or fixed fees. Set-asides and preferences appear sporadically—SBE, MBE, WBE designations in several Georgia and Florida procurements, and disadvantaged-business participation goals in construction projects like Dorsey Run Wastewater Treatment Plant (20% MBE requirement on a sealed bid for minor upgrades).