UNSPSC 20121610: Feeder bit

Used in underground mining on feeder machines for crushing coal being sent to belt

UNSPSC 20121610 Feeder bit is a Commodity code that in recent state and local solicitations describes drilling and extraction equipment components used in specialized industrial and environmental operations. The two posted opportunities under this code show minimal direct alignment with the nominal "feeder bit" classification; the City of Tucson's RFP 240011 solicits EPA-certified refrigerant-reclaimer services for gas extraction from HVAC and refrigeration units at the Los Reales Sustainability Campus, while Sourcewell's RFP 061626 establishes a cooperative purchasing vehicle for law enforcement equipment across multiple Washington state counties and participating public entities nationwide. The Tucson opportunity represents environmental compliance and waste-management services rather than drilling consumables, and the Sourcewell cooperative is a framework agreement spanning multiple equipment categories for law enforcement use. The issuing bodies include a municipal environmental division (City of Tucson) and a state-level cooperative purchasing entity (Sourcewell on behalf of participating counties and other public jurisdictions).

Geographic activity appears concentrated in the Southwest and Pacific Northwest based on the posted records. The City of Tucson Environmental and General Services Division posted RFP 240011 on September 30, 2026, seeking EPA-certified refrigerant reclaiming services with extraction required every two weeks, technical evaluation focused on EPA compliance and documentation capability, and a one-year initial contract term with up to four one-year renewals. Sourcewell posted RFP 061626 on May 12, 2026, with a response deadline of June 16, 2026, establishing a cooperative contracting framework for law enforcement equipment available to thousands of governmental agencies, higher education institutions, school districts, and public entities across the United States and Canada. The code shows limited recent activity and demonstrates material misalignment between the nominal commodity definition and the actual scope of posted opportunities, suggesting this code may not be the appropriate classification for current state and local procurement under these solicitations.