UNSPSC 95121802: Substation

A building or structure used to house a minor component of a utility

UNSPSC 95121802 Substation, a Commodity code, describes electrical utility infrastructure components that state and local governments procure for water treatment plants, wastewater facilities, pump stations, and stormwater systems. Recent state and local solicitations under this code show procurement of vertical turbine pumps with associated motors and controllers, pump station rehabilitation and replacement work, and complete pumping-facility construction including SCADA systems, electrical buildings with variable-frequency drives, and emergency generators. The actual buying activity diverges from the abstract code name — the code spans installed pumping equipment and the mechanical-electrical systems that drive facility operations, not substations in the traditional transmission-grid sense.

Water utilities, county engineering departments, and municipal public-works offices are the primary issuing bodies, with activity concentrated in Florida, Texas, Georgia, and Mississippi. Representative recent opportunities include Fulton County, Georgia's progressive design-build procurement (RFP 26RFP150795K-JAJ, responses due August 12, 2026) for the Friendship Pump Station and approximately 12,500 linear feet of force main serving a sewer drainage basin; the City of Waco, Texas's bid for the Speegleville Road Lift Station Improvements (RFB 2026-025, responses due August 12, 2026) with an engineering estimate of $1.5 million and mandatory 40 percent self-performance by the general contractor; and the City of Apopka, Florida's invitation to bid for the Golden Gem Reclaimed Water Storage and Pumping Station (responses due June 30, 2026) featuring vertical turbine pumps, a pressurized screen filter, an electrical building with variable-frequency drives and emergency generator, and full SCADA system. Loving County and the City of Wichita Falls jointly solicited installation of a 600-horsepower vertical turbine pump at the Mount Carmel Water Treatment Plant (RFB 2026-026, responses due August 6, 2026). These opportunities typically require performance bonds at 100 percent of contract value, workers' compensation and general liability insurance, and compliance with prevailing wage and E-Verify requirements where state or federal funding applies.