UNSPSC 20122374: Wireline stuffing box

The stuffing box is specifically designed to seal around solid wireline (slickline) to confine wellbore fluids and gases within the surface pressure equipment. This allows wireline operations to be carried out under pressure. The stuffing box can be operated either manually or hydraulically without part modifications.

UNSPSC 20122374 Wireline stuffing box is a Commodity code that nominally describes mechanical components for wellhead equipment, but recent state and local procurement activity shows minimal alignment with the code's technical scope. The single concrete opportunity on record—City of Tucson Environmental and General Services Division's RFP 240011 for gas extraction and removal services—involves EPA-certified refrigerant reclamation at the Los Reales Sustainability Campus, a municipal sustainability initiative focused on extracting refrigerants from collected appliances and products for documented destruction or recycling. The second recent opportunity tagged to this code, Sourcewell's RFP 061626 for law enforcement equipment, has no relationship to wireline stuffing boxes or gas extraction and appears to be a coding error. State and local solicitation under this Commodity code shows a marked mismatch between its nominal scope and actual buying activity, with the refrigerant reclamation work representing environmental compliance and asset management rather than oilfield or industrial equipment procurement.

Geographic activity centers on Arizona, with the Tucson procurement anchoring current state-local engagement under this code. The Tucson contract is structured as a one-year initial term with up to four one-year renewals, requires EPA certification and compliance, and calls for biweekly gas extraction from approximately 50 units per week with comprehensive documentation. The pre-bid conference is scheduled for March 19, 2024, and proposals are due September 19, 2024. Given the sparse and misdirected recent opportunity set, practitioners should verify code applicability in specific RFP language before pursuing; the code appears underutilized for state and local procurement and may reflect indexing inconsistency rather than active market demand.