UNSPSC 23271604: Wave soldering machine

Machine used to attach components in the manufacture of printed circuit boards

UNSPSC 23271604 Wave soldering machine is a Commodity code that describes industrial soldering and welding equipment, though recent state and local solicitations under this code show limited direct alignment with wave soldering technology and instead reflect broader welding material procurement and vocational training equipment purchases. State and local issuing bodies treat this code as encompassing welding supplies, consumables, and related equipment acquisition rather than specialized soldering machinery. Community colleges dominate recent activity, soliciting multi-vendor supply contracts for welding rods, electrodes, tubes, pipes, sheets, and flats alongside equipment purchases and installation services. School boards and state correctional agencies also appear in the recent opportunity set, though their needs span CNC training systems and plasma cutting tables that fall outside traditional wave soldering scope.

Recent activity clusters in Texas and California. Collin College (Texas) posted two nearly identical three-year welding materials ITBs in March and April 2024, each targeting approximately $400,000 annual procurement volume across consumables and supplies, with multi-vendor awards and evaluation weight heavily favoring price (35%), references (15%), quality (15%), and district needs (15%). Mt. San Antonio Community College District (California) solicited flexible vent extraction arms for a welding lab in June 2026 with a July 16, 2026 bid deadline and engineer's estimate of $150,000, requiring California C-20 contractor licensing and prevailing wage compliance with a 3% disabled veteran enterprise participation goal. The School Board of Polk County (Florida) issued a March 2026 vendor response request for comprehensive CNC training equipment including mills, lathes, and simulators—work tangential to the code's nominal scope. The Texas Juvenile Justice Department's February 2026 IFB for a plasma cutting table with software and training services further illustrates scope drift; that procurement, directed at the Giddings State Juvenile Correctional Facility, required USA-manufactured equipment and local preference consideration under Texas rules. The code shows sparse recent volume relative to the breadth of its nominal definition, suggesting either narrow adoption in state and local categories or systematic miscoding of welding-related procurements.