UNSPSC 20121458: Annular blowout preventer

An annular blowout preventer is a large valve designed to seal, control, and monitor oil and gas wells. These BOPs have elastomeric sealing, a valve resembling a large rubber donut, which mechanically squeezes inward to seal the drill string, casing, open hole, or pipe

UNSPSC 20121458 Annular blowout preventer (Commodity) shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal scope. The recent opportunities block contains no solicitations for annular blowout preventers—a specialized pressure-control device used in oil and gas well drilling. Instead, the tagged opportunities span water infrastructure procurement: gate valves, resilient seat valves, check valves, slide gates, detector check valves, butterfly valves, and RBX valve kits across multiple water agencies. This mismatch indicates the code has been misapplied to water-sector commodity acquisitions rather than oil and gas equipment, rendering it unsuitable for business development targeting actual annular blowout preventer demand.

Water utilities and special-purpose water districts dominate the recent opportunities: Gwinnett County (Georgia) issued multiple informal written quotations and competitive sealed bids for resilient valves, gate valves, and check valves between January and June 2026; Alameda County Water District (California) solicited gate valves and detector check valves; the Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority (Georgia) requested fire hydrants and gate valves; and the Eastern Municipal Water District (Riverside County, California) requested butterfly valves. A single municipal wastewater procurement—the City of Orem secondary digester cleanout and 24-inch valve retrofit (RFP, due April 30, 2026)—appears unrelated to the code's stated commodity. One cooperative purchasing RFP through Sourcewell for law enforcement equipment is entirely outside water infrastructure scope. The concentration of activity in Georgia (Gwinnett County, Douglasville-Douglas County) and California (Alameda County, Eastern Municipal Water District) reflects these regions' ongoing water system maintenance and replacement cycles, but none of this activity aligns with annular blowout preventer procurement, suggesting either systematic tagging errors or abandonment of this UNSPSC code for its intended purpose in state and local procurement.