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 is a Commodity code covering specialized equipment and systems used in laboratory, manufacturing, and industrial-process testing and development. State and local governments procure pilot-scale equipment under this code to support research, food-service operations, wastewater treatment, facility maintenance, and educational programs. The recent opportunities show issuing bodies soliciting checkweighers and checkweigher systems (Texas Department of Criminal Justice), CNC equipment (Texas A&M University System), inspection and maintenance services for leachate storage tanks (an unidentified Florida county), and lime sludge dewatering belt filter press systems (Collier County, Florida). Issuing bodies include state agencies, university systems, counties, and special-purpose districts, with significant recent activity centered in Florida and Texas jurisdictions. The scope of work ranges from capital equipment purchases with installation and startup services to inspection and maintenance contracts for specialized wastewater-treatment and industrial processing equipment. The code does not appear concentrated among a single issuing body; instead, opportunities reflect scattered demand across multiple state departments, higher-education systems, county utility and corrections functions, and specialized districts.

Recent activity is dominated by Florida county procurement offices (Collier County twice, and an unidentified Florida county) and Texas state agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Texas A&M University System), with a single opportunity from Georgia. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued IFB IW2525684A and related solicitation IW252684 for checkweigher and checkweigher system procurement with installation (due dates June 11, 2026 and July 15, 2026, respectively), while Texas A&M University System sought CNC equipment under ITB TAMUS-ITB-26-0540 due July 13, 2026. Collier County issued a Notice of Intent to Single Source Alfa Laval Inc. for a lime sludge dewatering belt filter press system (closing May 8, 2026, contract period October 1, 2026–September 30, 2029) and a Notice of Intent to Single Source FJ Nugent & Associates, Inc. for Vaughan centrifugal, chopper, and conditioning pumps (closing June 10, 2026, contract period October 1, 2026–September 30, 2029). An unidentified Florida county issued an RFI on inspection, maintenance, and repair services for Aquastore above-ground leachate storage tanks (due July 1, 2026), designating Florida Aquastore & Utility Construction Inc. as the current sole-source provider. Submissions are required through agency-specific portals (Bonfire/Euna systems for Texas entities, AggieBid for Texas A&M, and county electronic bidding systems for Florida). The code shows limited but active recent solicitation activity; opportunities cluster around specialized industrial and wastewater-treatment equipment for state corrections, higher education, and county utility infrastructure.