UNSPSC 23242114: Steady rest

Steady rests are placed on the bed of a lathe to support long and slender parts from deflecting under the cutting forces.

UNSPSC 23242114 Steady rest (Commodity) appears in state and local procurement records, but the recent opportunities do not align with the code's scope. The three opportunities explicitly tagged to this Commodity code are press brake solicitations from the Texas A&M University System posted between June and October 2026—manufacturing equipment for metal fabrication, not steady rests (fixed machine tool supports used in turning operations). The remaining opportunities in the dataset—ironworker staffing services from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, composting equipment maintenance from Hillsborough County, Cincinnati Shear machine OEM parts from TxDOT, and a law enforcement equipment cooperative procurement through Sourcewell—fall outside the steady rest category entirely. The mismatch between the code assignment and the actual work being solicited suggests either tagging inconsistency or minimal relevant recent activity under this Commodity code in state and local procurement.

The Texas A&M University System drove the visible activity, issuing three ITBs for press brake equipment through the AggieBid electronic procurement platform with response deadlines in July, September, and October 2026. Questions were directed to Sterling Crowdus at soprocurement@tamus.edu, and all documentation and addenda were confined to AggieBid; specific contract values, terms, and technical specifications were not disclosed in public notices. Beyond these Texas academic procurements, no state and local opportunities definitively matching the steady rest code tier were identified in the recent record. Pursuit under this code should be informed by direct inquiry with TAMUS and verification of whether press brake procurements actually belong in the steady rest taxonomy or reflect a classification drift.