UNSPSC 11122001: Plywood

A type of engineered board made from thin sheets of wood, called plies or wood veneers. The layers are glued together, each with its grain at right angles to adjacent layers for greater strength. There are usually an odd number of plies, as the symmetry makes the board less prone to warping and the grain on the outside surfaces runs in the same direction. The plies are bonded under heat and pressure with strong adhesives making plywood a type of composite material.

UNSPSC 11122001 Plywood is a Commodity code under which state and local governments procure dimensional lumber products—principally construction-grade plywood sheets meeting American Plywood Association (APA) standards for use in building, remodeling, and infrastructure projects. Recent solicitations show the code capturing both specialty materials procurement (APA-graded Douglas Fir plyform) and cooperative purchasing vehicles that bundle plywood and related construction materials as part of broader equipment or supply frameworks. Issuing bodies range from state procurement offices (State of Maine) to state-authorized local government service cooperatives (Sourcewell, a Minnesota entity acting on behalf of multiple county jurisdictions and participating public entities nationwide). The geographic spread reflects activity in the Upper Midwest and Pacific Northwest, with Maine representing East Coast procurement of construction-grade plywood.

The State of Maine issued RFQ 17A26031600000000000231 on April 23, 2026, soliciting B-B Exterior APA Douglas Fir 4' x 8' x 3/4" Plyform with a response deadline of May 7, 2026—a compressed two-week procurement cycle typical of routine material replenishment. Sourcewell (on behalf of Franklin County, Grant County, Grays Harbor County, Chelan County, Yakima County, and other jurisdictions throughout the United States and Canada) issued RFP 061626 on May 12, 2026, framed as Law Enforcement Equipment but structured as a cooperative purchasing contract vehicle available to thousands of governmental agencies, higher education institutions, school districts, nonprofit organizations, and tribal governments; this solicitation closed June 16, 2026. The mismatch between the Sourcewell RFP's title and the UNSPSC code signals that the cooperative framework may bundle plywood or construction materials alongside equipment, rather than representing pure plywood procurement. The code shows limited discrete plywood-specific opportunities in the recent record; practitioners should monitor state building departments, public works agencies, and cooperative purchasing portals in Maine, Washington, and Minnesota for active activity.