UNSPSC 23242200: Gear manufacturing machines

Gear cutting, forming, and finishing machines are used to cut, form, and finish gear teeth. They perform processes such as hobbing, milling, grinding, lapping, and deburring.

UNSPSC 23242200 Gear manufacturing machines is a Class code that in recent state and local solicitations covers law enforcement equipment procurement and laboratory equipment upgrades for higher-education pilot programs. Sourcewell, the Minnesota cooperative purchasing vehicle, issued RFP #061626 on May 12, 2026, to establish a master contracting solution for law enforcement equipment available to participating public entities across multiple states and Canada, with a response deadline of June 16, 2026. The University of Wisconsin Stevens Point solicited bids (IFB #2026-STPALL-01275-RFB) in March 2026 for stock tank upgrades in its pilot paper machine laboratory, requiring purchase and installation of false bottoms and automatic drain valves. The issuing bodies span state cooperative purchasing programs, county governments (including Franklin County, Grant County, Grays Harbor County, Chelan County, and Yakima County through Sourcewell's procurement), and higher-education institutions.

Recent activity appears concentrated in the Upper Midwest and Pacific Northwest, with the Sourcewell opportunity anchored in Minnesota and Washington state law, and the University of Wisconsin opportunity in Wisconsin. The Sourcewell RFP represents a broad-based cooperative purchasing vehicle with responses due June 16, 2026, while the UWSP IFB closed April 16, 2026, with mandatory pre-bid attendance required on March 26, 2026. Neither solicitation identifies set-asides, disadvantaged-enterprise designations, or specific award values in the available documentation. The code shows limited recent activity and the two opportunities—one for law enforcement equipment and one for laboratory tank upgrades—do not align closely with the nominal "gear manufacturing machines" classification, suggesting either misclassification in the solicitation tags or minimal relevant procurement volume under this code in the current cycle.