UNSPSC 20121717: Overshot grapple

A mechanism that is fitted into an overshot to grasp and retrieve fish from the borehole

UNSPSC 20121717 Overshot grapple, a Commodity code, nominally describes mechanical clamping equipment, but the recent state and local activity under this code shows a significant mismatch: the City of Tucson's RFP No. 240011 for Gas Extraction and Removal services involves EPA-certified refrigerant recovery and documentation, not grapple equipment. The Sourcewell cooperative purchasing RFP No. 061626 for Law Enforcement Equipment similarly bears no relation to grapples or the code's stated scope. These two recent opportunities reveal that the code either captures miscategorized procurements or sees limited activity aligned with its nominal definition. The Tucson procurement does solicit environmental compliance services — specifically extraction of refrigerant gases from approximately 50 appliance units per week, with EPA certification, destruction or recycling documentation, and certified technician labor — but this work sits outside the physical-equipment scope the code name suggests.

The geographic spread of recent activity under this code is limited to Arizona (Tucson) and a multi-state cooperative vehicle anchored in Minnesota (Sourcewell), with Washington state law as the governing framework and participation from Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, and Yakima Counties in Washington. The City of Tucson Environmental and General Services Division issued RFP No. 240011 with proposals due September 19, 2024, seeking an EPA-certified refrigerant reclaimer for the Los Reales Sustainability Campus, with a one-year initial term and up to four additional one-year renewals. The Sourcewell RFP No. 061626 closed June 16, 2026, and establishes a cooperative purchasing vehicle for law enforcement equipment available to multiple government jurisdictions nationwide. This code shows minimal relevant recent activity; opportunities posted under it do not align with the grapple equipment the code nominally covers, suggesting either categorization error or very low procurement volume in this narrow equipment category at the state and local level.