UNSPSC 23271601: Furnace soldering machine

Furnace soldering is when the parts are cleaned, loaded with brazing metal and placed into a furnace. The furnace then melts the filler metal to join the surfaces.

UNSPSC 23271601 Furnace soldering machine is a Commodity code, but recent state and local solicitations show minimal activity directly aligned with furnace soldering equipment; instead, the opportunities tagged to this code predominantly solicit welding materials, supplies, and equipment broadly construed. Community colleges in Texas (Collin College and Collin County Community College District) have posted multi-vendor ITBs for three-year contracts to supply welding rods, sheets, tubes, pipes, tungsten electrodes in various metal compositions, and related consumables at approximately $400,000 annual volume per contract, with evaluation weighted toward purchase price (35 percent), quality (15 percent), references (15 percent), and meeting district needs (15 percent). A California community college (Mt. San Antonio) solicited purchase and installation of flexible vent extraction arms for an existing welding lab. A Florida school board issued a preliminary vendor response request for comprehensive CNC machining training equipment (desktop and industrial mills and lathes with simulators and tooling), and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department posted an IFB for a plasma cutting table system with CNC software and installation services. The issuing-body mix skews toward community colleges and school districts, with one state correctional facility also represented.

Geographic activity centers on Texas and California, with Florida also present in the recent record. The representative opportunities most closely aligned to welding-adjacent work are Collin College's FY2024ITB020 (welding materials and supplies, response deadline March 19, 2024) and Collin County Community College District's FY2024ITB024 (welding materials and equipment, response deadline April 19, 2024), both structured as three-year multi-vendor contracts with $400,000 estimated annual volumes and weighted evaluation criteria emphasizing price and quality. Mt. San Antonio Community College District's Solicitation 2026067 (purchase and installation of flexible vent extraction arms, due July 16, 2026, with Engineer's Base Bid Estimate of $150,000) represents welding-lab infrastructure. The code shows limited recent solicitation volume for furnace soldering machines specifically; most tagged opportunities reflect broader welding-program procurement rather than specialized soldering equipment.