UNSPSC 20121305: Guide shoes

UNSPSC 20121305 Guide shoes, a Commodity code, shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned with its nominal scope. The two most recent opportunities tagged under this code diverge sharply from the code's intended product category: one solicitation concerns EPA-certified refrigerant reclamation and gas extraction services, and the other addresses law enforcement equipment procurement through a cooperative purchasing vehicle. Neither represents the guide shoes, mechanical guides, or guide rail components the code's name suggests. State and local buyers appear to be using this code incorrectly or the code is not capturing actual guide shoe procurement activity in the market today.

The City of Tucson Environmental and General Services Division issued RFP 240011 on September 30, 2026, seeking an EPA-certified refrigerant reclaimer to extract gases from approximately 50 units per week at the Los Reales Sustainability Campus, with a pre-submittal conference scheduled for March 19, 2024, and proposals due September 19, 2024. Sourcewell, a Minnesota cooperative purchasing entity, issued RFP 061626 on behalf of participating counties and public entities in Washington state and nationally, with a June 16, 2026 deadline for law enforcement equipment proposals. Without additional recent opportunities demonstrating actual guide shoe procurement under this code, characterization of issuing-body patterns, geographic spread, or market activity remains unsupported by the source material.