UNSPSC 21101709: Baler

A piece of farm machinery used to compress a cut and raked crop such as hay, straw, or silage into compact bales that are easy to handle, transport and store.

UNSPSC 21101709 Baler is a Commodity code that does not reflect the work actually being solicited under it in recent state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities tagged to this code cover vertical conveyance system maintenance (elevators and material handling units), law enforcement equipment, school nutrition food supplies, vegetation clearing along sewer easements, herbicide application at wastewater treatment plants, and pest control products for schools. None of these solicitations involve balers or hay baling equipment. The code shows little relevant recent activity; the mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the posted opportunities suggests either systematic miscoding or that balers are not a current procurement priority across state and local jurisdictions.

The geographic spread of the opportunities that were tagged to this code spans Georgia (DeKalb County vegetation clearing and herbicide application), Arizona (City of Tucson elevator maintenance), Missouri (Parkway School District pesticides), Texas (Williamson County notice only), and a multi-state cooperative vehicle through Sourcewell (Minnesota-based) serving participating entities in Washington state and beyond. Given the fundamental disconnect between the code definition and the actual solicitations, no reliable inference about baler procurement activity or geographic concentration can be drawn from these records.