UNSPSC 23271411: Plastic welder

A welder designed to weld or seal pieces of thermoplastic together using any one of several techniques.

UNSPSC 23271411 Plastic welder, a Commodity code, encompasses flexible vent extraction arms, welding lab equipment, and consumable welding materials and supplies that state and local governments procure for educational and operational facilities. Recent solicitations show educational institutions dominating this code's activity—community colleges and school districts purchasing complete welding lab equipment packages, installation services for exhaust extraction systems, and three-year supply contracts for welding rods, electrodes, sheets, tubes, and related consumables. Water districts and county facilities also appear, sourcing welder/generators and welding gas supplies for maintenance operations. The work ranges from turnkey equipment installations requiring contractor licensing and prevailing wage compliance to routine consumables procurement on multi-vendor supply agreements. Educational buyers (Mt. San Antonio Community College District, Dalton Public Schools, Collin College, Collin County Community College District, and Texas A&M University System) dominate the recent opportunity mix, signaling robust demand from the K-12 and higher-education sectors.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and California, with Texas A&M University System, Collin College, Collin County Community College District, and North Texas Municipal Water District representing a cluster of repeat activity across the state; Mt. San Antonio Community College District (Walnut, California) solicited purchase and installation of forty-seven flexible vent extraction arms with a $150,000 engineer's estimate and a July 16, 2026 response date via IFB, requiring California Contractor's License classification C-20 and prevailing wage compliance. Collin College issued a three-year welding materials and supplies ITB (FY2024-ITB-020) with a March 19, 2024 response date and approximate $400,000 annual volume across flat bars, sheets, tubes, rods, and electrodes. Dalton Public Schools (Georgia) posted an RFB for welding lab equipment including plasma cutters and welder units with a September 25, 2026 response deadline. Jackson County, Missouri solicited a 24-month welding gas and supplies contract with a July 14, 2026 due date. DVBE goals, prevailing wage, and bond requirements appear in installation work; multi-vendor awards and volume commitments characterize consumables contracts.