UNSPSC 20121700: Fishing tools

UNSPSC 20121700 Fishing tools is a Class code that in recent state and local procurement does not match its nominal scope—the posted opportunities involve gas extraction and refrigerant recovery services and law enforcement equipment procurement, neither of which relates to fishing tools or their sale. The City of Tucson Environmental and General Services Division solicited RFP No. 240011 for EPA-certified refrigerant reclaimer services to extract gases from approximately 50 units per week at the Los Reales Sustainability Campus, with extraction required at minimum every two weeks and comprehensive documentation of gas destruction or recycling. Sourcewell, a Minnesota cooperative purchasing vehicle, issued RFP #061626 on behalf of multiple counties and jurisdictions across Washington state and beyond to establish a contracting solution for law enforcement equipment available to thousands of governmental agencies, school districts, and public entities throughout the United States and Canada. The mismatch between the code's abstract name and the actual work being solicited suggests that either these opportunities were misclassified in the posting system or this code receives little genuine activity in state and local procurement aligned with its intended scope.

Recent activity under this code spans Arizona and multi-state cooperative procurement channels, but the two visible opportunities do not suggest an active market for fishing tools themselves. The City of Tucson's refrigerant recovery RFP closed on September 19, 2024, with a pre-submittal conference held on March 19, 2024, offering an initial one-year contract term with up to four one-year renewals and pricing structured around extraction volumes and service times. Sourcewell's law enforcement equipment RFP required submissions by June 16, 2026, through the Sourcewell Procurement Portal, with participation from Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, and Yakima counties in Washington state and many additional entities nationwide. Given the persistent mismatch between the code and posted opportunities, this code does not represent a meaningful procurement category for firms specializing in fishing tools or related products in state and local markets.