UNSPSC 23241612: Shaper cutter

Cutters used during the shaping process in which the cutter travels along a straight path and the workpiece is stationary.

UNSPSC 23241612 Shaper cutter is a Commodity code representing machine shop cutting and forming equipment that state and local governments procure as capital acquisitions and replacement parts for operational facilities. Recent solicitations show demand for CNC shapers, wire electrical discharge machines, plasma cutters, and shearing equipment used in production shops, educational machining programs, and manufacturing-support operations. The issuing bodies span higher education (Texas A&M University System, Texas State Technical College, Polk County Schools), state transportation departments (Texas Department of Transportation), county waste and recycling operations (Hillsborough County), and state purchasing cooperatives (California, Minnesota/Sourcewell), reflecting a mix of institutional machine shops, vocational training centers, and government production facilities.

Texas leads recent activity, with the Texas A&M University System posting three ITBs in June and July 2026 for CNC equipment, machine shop equipment, and a CNC lathe and machining center (response dates July 13–23, 2026), and TxDOT issuing two separate IFBs for Cincinnati Shear machine OEM replacement parts (April and June 2026 response dates). Educational institutions dominate the code's current solicitation volume: Texas State Technical College requested proposals for Wire EDM machines with a value exceeding $100,000 (response date March 11, 2026), and Polk County Schools issued a vendor response request for comprehensive CNC training equipment including desktop mills, lathes, and simulators (response date March 24, 2026). California and Hillsborough County, Florida each posted one recent opportunity—a water table CNC Hypertherm plasma cutter (June 2026) and a five-year composting equipment maintenance contract valued at $1,992,824.18 respectively. Sourcewell's cooperative RFP for law enforcement equipment (response date June 16, 2026) indicates broader geographic reach through multi-state purchasing frameworks, though the specific equipment intersection with shaper cutter taxonomy is tangential. The code shows consistent activity focused on machinery acquisition and spare-parts replacement rather than consumables, with response dates concentrated in the March-to-July 2026 window.