UNSPSC 23152907: Packaging machinery supplies

Includes sealing bars and wires, suckers that grab paper or plastics, plows that push box lids down, heaters for film, vacuum dies, steel rule cutting dies, fingers that hold open bags for filling, etc.

UNSPSC 23152907 Packaging machinery supplies (Commodity) does not align with the actual work state and local governments are buying under this code. The six recent opportunities posted by the Texas A&M University System and Sourcewell — an ITB for industrial CNC routers, multiple ITBs for press brakes, two ITBs for 3D printers, and an RFP for law enforcement equipment — represent manufacturing and specialized equipment procurement, not packaging machinery supplies. The code shows minimal relevant recent activity in state and local markets.

Texas A&M University System accounts for all machinery-related solicitations in the recent block, posting ITBs between September and October 2026 with response dates ranging from September 24 to October 29, 2026; all submissions occur through the AggieBid electronic platform. Sourcewell's law enforcement equipment RFP, posted May 12, 2026 with a June 16, 2026 deadline, addresses a different functional category and does not correspond to the stated code scope. The geographic concentration is limited to Texas (Texas A&M) and a multi-state cooperative (Sourcewell), with no additional state or local jurisdictions represented in the opportunity set.