UNSPSC 23241504: Gear cutting tool

UNSPSC 23241504 Gear cutting tool is a Commodity code. State and local governments buying under this code are actually procuring machine shop equipment, CNC machinery, and manufacturing tool apparatus — not standalone gear cutting tools. The recent opportunities show Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) soliciting press brakes, CNC lathes, machining centers, and combined machine shop and welding fabrication equipment through multiple ITBs over the past four months. One opportunity from Hillsborough County covered maintenance and replacement parts for Komptech composting equipment; another from Texas Department of Transportation sought OEM replacement parts (bearings, seals, clutches, fasteners, and assemblies) for a Cincinnati Shear machine. The code's nominal scope — gear cutting tools — does not match the dominant recent activity, which centers on heavy fabrication and metalworking machinery and their component parts. Issuing bodies include state higher-education systems, county governments, and state transportation and criminal justice departments. TAMUS appears repeatedly as a buyer, posting multiple equipment solicitations through the AggieBid platform.

Recent activity clusters in Texas, where TAMUS has posted five equipment solicitations (press brakes, CNC equipment, and machine shop/welding gear) between June and October 2026, and where TxDOT has issued two IFBs for Cincinnati Shear machine replacement parts (due April 16 and June 2, 2026). California posted an RFB for a Water Table CNC Hypertherm Plasma Cutter (due June 15, 2026). Hillsborough County, Florida announced a sole-source intent to award Powerscreen of Florida for five years of maintenance and parts on Komptech composting equipment totaling $1,992,824.18 (challenge deadline June 25, 2026). A Sourcewell cooperative RFP for law enforcement equipment (RFP #061626, due June 16, 2026) drew participation from Washington counties and public entities across the United States and Canada, though law enforcement equipment diverges from the code's metalworking focus. The code shows modest recent volume concentrated in Texas higher education and state transportation procurement, with sporadic activity elsewhere.