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, a Commodity code, encompasses replacement parts and components for precision machining equipment including CNC lathes, EDM machines, and industrial machine tools. State and local governments buy bearings, seals, gaskets, springs, clutches, fasteners, and related assemblies to maintain and repair machine shop equipment in operation at universities, technical colleges, transportation departments, and other facilities. The issuing bodies are primarily higher-education institutions—Texas A&M University System, Texas State Technical College, and the School Board of Polk County, Florida—alongside state transportation and manufacturing agencies such as the Texas Department of Transportation. Recent solicitations show purchases of OEM replacement parts for Cincinnati Shear machines, Wire EDM systems, and CNC equipment, typically bundled with installation, training, warranty, and maintenance service agreements.

Texas and Florida dominate the recent activity, with five of nine recent opportunities posted by Texas A&M University System alone (including master orders for Wire EDM and CNC equipment, and machine shop fabrication equipment) and others from TxDOT, Texas State Technical College, and Polk County. The California State procurement system posted one shearing-machine equipment solicitation. Representative recent opportunities include Texas A&M University System's ITB TAMUS-ITB-26-0541 for machine shop, welding, and fabrication equipment (due July 15, 2026), TxDOT's IFB 601440000053313 for Cincinnati Shear OEM replacement parts with a tentative award date of June 12, 2026, and Texas State Technical College's RFP-315 for Wire EDM machines with a one-year base term and four optional renewals, valued above $100,000 and due March 11, 2026. Hillsborough County, Florida posted a sole-source notice for five-year maintenance and parts support for Komptech composting equipment valued at $1,992,824.18, with challenge deadline June 25, 2026. Sourcewell posted RFP #061626 for Law Enforcement Equipment on behalf of multiple Washington counties and other jurisdictions nationwide (due June 16, 2026), which appears unrelated to the code's machining-equipment scope.