UNSPSC 23251505: Tube bending machine

Bending machines that use internal mandrels, or filling tubes with particulate materials such as sand, which are often necessary to prevent collapsing of the tubes during the bending. Solid rods and structural shapes are also bent by these techniques.

UNSPSC 23251505 Tube bending machine, a Commodity code, covers metalworking and fabrication equipment that state and local governments source for operations, maintenance, and capital equipment purchases—though recent state and local opportunities show the code capturing a broader range of machine-shop and metal-working equipment including press brakes, CNC equipment, and replacement parts for industrial machinery rather than tube benders specifically. Texas A&M University System dominates recent activity under this code, issuing multiple ITBs for press brakes and CNC equipment through its AggieBid platform; the system issued three separate press-brake solicitations between late June and mid-October 2026, along with requests for CNC lathes, machining centers, and general machine-shop fabrication equipment. State and local issuing bodies under this code include higher-education institutions (TAMUS), state transportation departments (TxDOT), county governments (Hillsborough County), and state procurement offices (California and Texas). Texas A&M's Sterling Crowdus at soprocurement@tamus.edu serves as the primary contact for multiple active solicitations; all submissions flow through the AggieBid SciQuest platform, which enforces submission deadlines automatically and hosts all addenda and specification documents exclusively within its portal rather than on external websites.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, with California and Florida showing secondary presence. Texas A&M issued ITB TAMUS-ITB-27-0548 for a press brake with responses due October 29, 2026, on the heels of two earlier press-brake solicitations (TAMUS-ITB-27-0545 and TAMUS-ITB-26-0544) that closed in late September 2026. TxDOT has solicited OEM replacement parts for Cincinnati Shear machines on multiple occasions (ITB 601440000052666 in April–May 2026 and RFQ 601440000053313 in June 2026), seeking bearing assemblies, seals, gaskets, and mechanical components with firm fixed-price bidding and F.O.B. destination delivery to Austin. Hillsborough County issued a sole-source notice (SS2600306) in June 2026 for maintenance, repairs, and parts for Komptech composting equipment over five years at an estimated cost of $1,992,824.18. California issued RFB-IS-26201000 in June 2026 for a Water Table CNC Hypertherm Plasma Cutter with specifications and pricing exhibits available through the state procurement system. Texas A&M's most recent opportunities (CNC equipment, CNC lathe and machining center, and machine-shop fabrication equipment) reflect active capital-equipment replacement cycles at higher-education institutions; all require electronic submission through AggieBid with technical questions directed to Sterling Crowdus or submitted through the platform's Q&A section.