UNSPSC 12142005: Helium gas He

UNSPSC 12142005 Helium gas He is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local solicitations tagged under it do not reflect helium procurement. Instead, Collin College (Texas) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have posted opportunities for welding materials, supplies, and equipment (two three-year contracts spanning 2024–2027) and Halon gas procurement respectively. The Collin College solicitations, both ITBs with approximately $400,000 estimated annual volume, cover flat bars, sheets, tubes, pipes, welding rods, and tungsten electrodes in steel, stainless steel, and aluminum. State and local procurement activity under this code shows a mismatch between the helium gas category name and what is actually being bought: two welding-materials contracts from a Texas community college district and one specialized fire-suppression gas request from a university.

Recent activity is concentrated in Texas and Wisconsin. Collin College Community College District appears twice as an issuing body with multi-vendor ITB awards (FY2024-ITB-020, due March 19, 2024, and FY2024-ITB-024, due April 19, 2024), both seeking three-year partnerships with vendors capable of assignment of account representatives and percentage discounts off manufacturer list prices. The University of Wisconsin-Madison issued RFB 2026-UWMSN-01191-RFB for Halon gas (due March 26, 2026), directed to Brad Bauman at brad.bauman@wisc.edu. Given the divergence between the code's nominal scope and the actual solicitations, this code shows limited relevant recent activity for helium gas procurement at state and local level.