UNSPSC 81103102: Pilot plant

A Pilot plant is a pre-commercial production system that employs new production technology and/or produces small volumes of new technology-based products, mainly for the purpose of learning about the new technology. Installation services experimental pilot plants or demo units

UNSPSC 81103102 Pilot plant, a Commodity code, does not map clearly to the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under it. The nine opportunities span submersible pump repair services, debris blower equipment, pressure and temperature instrumentation, atmospheric monitoring systems, detention kitchen equipment maintenance, wastewater treatment blowers and pumps, quick insertion valves, checkweighers, CNC equipment, leachate tank inspection services, and law enforcement equipment. None of these activities align with the code's nominal scope of pilot-plant operations or facilities. The mismatch suggests the code is either mislabeled in the source data or serves as a catch-all for equipment and services that do not fit narrower commodity definitions.

The issuing bodies represent a broad mix of municipal water and wastewater utilities, county facilities management and procurement offices, state transportation and criminal justice departments, university systems, and cooperative purchasing vehicles like Sourcewell. Specific repeat buyers include the City of Phoenix Water Services Department (two atmospheric and pressure-instrumentation solicitations), Collier County, Florida (two wastewater-equipment single-source notices), and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (two checkweigher solicitations). Recent activity clusters in water and wastewater operations—the City of Fort Worth Water Department (submersible pump service and repair, RFP 26-0322, due November 5, 2026), the City of Phoenix (pressure and temperature instrumentation, IFB 26-0398, sealed offers due August 18, 2026, and atmospheric monitoring, IFB 27-0435, due September 4, 2026)—with additional postings from Georgia (DeKalb County quick insertion valves, ITB 2026-034, due August 27, 2026), Florida (Pinellas County detention kitchen maintenance, ITQ 26-0455, due July 30, 2026), Illinois (IDOT turbine debris blower, due October 6, 2026), and Texas (TDCJ checkweighers and Texas A&M CNC equipment). No clear geographic concentration emerges; the code shows scattered activity across multiple states with no dominant regional pattern.