UNSPSC 12141908: Carbon C

UNSPSC 12141908 Carbon C is a Commodity code under which state and local governments procure carbon and carbon-alloy materials in industrial forms — sheets, tubes, pipes, rods, electrodes, and flat bars used primarily in welding, fabrication, and occupational-health applications. Recent solicitations show two distinct product streams: welding consumables and supplies (rods, electrodes, sheets, and tubes in carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum) and carbon-content materials supporting medical surveillance and occupational-health programs. Issuing bodies include community college districts operating vocational welding programs, state departments of transportation managing ferry operations, and regional transit authorities. Collin College (Collin County Community College District in Texas) appears as a repeat buyer, having posted multiple ITBs for welding materials and supplies within the past year.

Activity concentrates in Texas and Washington State. Collin College posted two separate three-year ITBs for welding materials and supplies — FY2024ITB020 (due March 19, 2024) and FY2024ITB024 (due April 19, 2024), each with estimated annual volume of approximately $400,000 and multi-vendor awards on a cost-plus-qualitative-factors basis (purchase price weighted at 35 percent). The Washington State Department of Transportation, on behalf of Washington State Ferries, issued RFP20260825 for occupational medical surveillance services due October 9, 2026, requiring licensed occupational-medicine physicians to conduct baseline, periodic, and exit examinations for four employee categories across 14 Washington ferry locations; the contract term is two years with options to extend for up to five additional one-year terms, with evaluation weighted 40 percent on cost and 60 percent on capability. Both Collin College solicitations emphasize Texas vendor status as an evaluation criterion and explicitly encourage small, minority, veteran, and female-owned business participation.