UNSPSC 20143705: Subsea fitting

Fittings designed and manufactured for use in harsh subsea environments

UNSPSC 20143705 Subsea fitting, a Commodity code, does not align with the state and local procurement activity recently posted under this code. The recent opportunities solicited include commercial diving services, electrical supplies catalogs, well column pipes, water well maintenance and repair, automatic strainers, well pump installations, lineshaft pump bowl assemblies, well construction, and deep well pump removal and installation services — none of which constitute subsea fittings or subsea-specific equipment. The code appears to be a taxonomic mismatch for the work actually being procured. State and local governments buying through opportunities tagged with this code are primarily municipal water and wastewater utilities, county water and wastewater services departments, and regional water districts seeking to maintain, repair, and upgrade groundwater and surface water treatment infrastructure. Issuing bodies include the City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management, Broward County Water and Wastewater Services, Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners, the Eastern Municipal Water District in Riverside County, the City of Tucson Water Department, and the City of Palm Bay, along with a regional purchasing cooperative serving K–12 school districts. These jurisdictions are repeat buyers of water well and pump services across multiple fiscal cycles.

Recent activity concentrates heavily in Florida (Broward County, Hillsborough County, Collier County, and the City of Palm Bay) and Arizona (Eastern Municipal Water District, City of Tucson), with additional solicitations from Georgia, Oregon, and California. Representative opportunities include the City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management's IFB for on-call commercial diving services due July 24, 2026; Broward County's ITB for well column pipes (16-inch schedule 30 steel conforming to ASTM A53 Grade B, threaded both ends with epoxy coating) due June 23, 2026; Hillsborough County's ITB for two-year water well maintenance and repair services estimated at $688,073 due June 12, 2026; and the City of Palm Bay's RFP for construction of four 17.4-inch production wells to 850 feet depth due April 28, 2026. The Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative issued an RFP for electrical supplies catalog discounts estimated at $4,854,470 for two years due May 28, 2026. Because the code designation does not match the procurement substance, this code shows minimal relevance to business development professionals pursuing state and local water infrastructure contracts; the actual buying appears distributed across multiple plumbing, pump, well construction, and mechanical services codes instead.