UNSPSC 23241900: Metal boring machines

Machines that cut the inside of a drilled hole to enlarge its diameter.

UNSPSC 23241900 Metal boring machines, a Class code, encompasses machinery for bore-hole drilling, cutting, and related stock-removal operations across industrial, educational, and government machine shops. Recent state and local opportunities under this code show Texas A&M University System as a dominant repeat buyer, with three ITB solicitations for press brakes and CNC equipment between June and October 2026 (ITB TAMUS-ITB-26-0540 for CNC equipment due July 13, 2026; ITB TAMUS-ITB-26-0542 for a CNC lathe and machining center due July 23, 2026; ITB TAMUS-ITB-27-0545 for a press brake due September 25, 2026; and ITB TAMUS-ITB-270548 for a press brake due October 29, 2026). All TAMUS solicitations route through the AggieBid electronic procurement platform, which hosts technical specifications and submission materials. State and local issuing bodies under this code include university systems, state transportation and corrections departments, county water resources and landfill operations, and city public works—a mix spanning higher education, facilities management, and infrastructure support. Beyond Texas A&M, recent activity names the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) seeking OEM replacement parts for a Cincinnati Shear machine with two separate IFB rounds (due April 16, 2026 and June 2, 2026), and the State of California issuing an RFB for a Water Table CNC Hypertherm Plasma Cutter (due June 15, 2026).

Recent opportunities concentrate in Texas and California, with secondary activity in Florida (the City of Dania Beach issued an ITB for directional boring equipment for holiday lighting infrastructure, due October 2, 2026, though the focus appears structural rather than metal boring). The Texas A&M opportunities dominate by volume and recency; all four press-brake and CNC solicitations carry firm response deadlines and require electronic submission through AggieBid, with no incumbent information or estimated contract values disclosed in the public notice block. TxDOT's Cincinnati Shear parts procurements are advertised as proprietary under Texas Government Code 2155.067 but encourage qualified responses; both rounds required firm fixed pricing F.O.B. destination to the Production Shop in Austin, with 12-month warranty coverage and best-value evaluation criteria. Vendors pursuing this code should expect educational and public-agency machine shops to drive demand, with strong emphasis on current-production OEM parts, CNC automation equipment, and press machinery. Registration and portal access (AggieBid for TAMUS, Euna/Bonfire for TxDOT, California's RFB system for state procurement) are prerequisites to bid submission.