UNSPSC 23241801: Drill press or radial drill

The workpiece is clamped securely and the drill is lowered manually by hand wheel or by power feed at preset rates. Radial drills are larger drill presses.

UNSPSC 23241801 Drill press or radial drill, a Commodity code, encompasses precision metalworking machinery and related equipment that state and local governments procure for technical training programs, facility operations, and equipment maintenance — though the recent solicitations tagged under this code show substantial scope drift toward broader CNC and machining systems that stretch well beyond the nominal drill press classification. State and local buyers under this code include university systems (particularly Texas A&M), school districts (Polk County Schools, Texas State Technical College), state departments of transportation (Texas Department of Transportation), county resource departments (Hillsborough County Water Resources), and cooperative purchasing vehicles (Sourcewell). The work being solicited ranges from replacement parts for existing machines (Cincinnati Shear OEM parts at TxDOT's Austin shop) to new capital equipment acquisitions (Wire EDM systems, CNC lathes, machining centers) to integrated training packages (desktop and industrial CNC mills, lathes, simulators, and tooling for vocational programs). Several solicitations specify quantities and technical envelopes — the Polk County Schools procurement requests a 12-inch by 16-inch industrial CNC lathe with 4000 RPM spindle and 20 horsepower motor plus desktop CNC equipment and simulator, while TSTC seeks Wire EDM machines with contract value exceeding $100,000 and a one-year base plus four optional one-year renewals.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, with multiple Texas A&M System ITBs for CNC equipment (due dates July 13, July 15, and July 23, 2026), TxDOT replacement-parts IFBs (due dates April 16 and June 2, 2026), and TSTC's Wire EDM RFP (due March 11, 2026). California has posted an RFB for a shearing machine (due March 10, 2026) and a water table CNC Hypertherm plasma cutter RFB (due June 11 or 15, 2026, with conflicting dates in the source). Florida activity includes Polk County Schools' CNC training vendor response request (due March 24, 2026) and Hillsborough County's sole-source notice for composting equipment maintenance (Powerscreen of Florida for Komptech equipment, estimated $1.99 million over five years). Sourcewell has issued a broad cooperative purchasing RFP for law enforcement equipment (due June 16, 2026) on behalf of Washington counties and thousands of other public entities nationwide. The code shows material recent activity but with substantial misalignment between the nominal drill press scope and what is actually being bought — CNC systems, EDM machines, shears, and plasma cutters dominate the recent opportunities, signaling that buyers are using this Commodity code to tag a wider family of precision metalworking equipment than its title suggests.