UNSPSC 23271707: Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus

UNSPSC 23271707 Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus, a Commodity code, covers welding equipment and consumables that state and local governments procure for educational, maintenance, and operational use—including diesel-driven welder-generators, welding rods, wire, electrodes, gloves, face shields, and related safety equipment. The issuing bodies under this code span community colleges, school districts, municipal water authorities, and special-purpose educational districts. Recent solicitations show a split between capital equipment purchases (such as specific welder models or vent extraction systems) and recurring consumable supply contracts. Educational institutions dominate the activity—Collin College and Collin County Community College District each solicited three-year welding materials and supplies contracts with approximately $400,000 annual procurement volumes, evaluated on purchase price (35%), references (15%), meeting district needs (15%), quality (15%), vendor historical relationship (5%), total cost of ownership (5%), state of Texas vendor status (5%), and additional factors (5%). Both encouraged participation from small, minority, veteran, and female-owned businesses without formal set-asides. Northside Independent School District in San Antonio issued an as-needed consumables contract replacing an expiring vehicle, with pricing via catalog discount structures. Mt. San Antonio Community College District solicited capital work—purchase and installation of 47 flexible vent extraction arms—with a $150,000 Engineer's Base Bid Estimate and a 3% Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise participation goal.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas (North Texas Municipal Water District, Collin College, Collin County, Northside Independent School District, and Mt. San Antonio across the state). Collin College posted FY2024ITB020 on July 7, 2026, with a March 19, 2024, response deadline for a three-year welding materials and supplies contract; Collin County Community College District posted FY2024ITB024 the same day with an April 19, 2024, deadline. Northside Independent School District issued IFB2026054 on February 3, 2026, due March 5, 2026, for consumables across 83 elementary, 21 middle, 13 high, 11 magnet, 4 special schools, and 15 support sites. North Texas Municipal Water District solicited two Lincoln Frontier 400X diesel-driven welder-generators (Solicitation 26163B, due July 29, 2026) for the Maintenance Department Welding Department. Mt. San Antonio Community College District posted IFB 2026067 on June 11, 2026, for vent extraction arm installation, with a mandatory job walk held June 9, 2026, bids due July 16, 2026, and award targeted July 23, 2026; the work required California Contractor's License classification C-20 and prevailing wage compliance. Texas community colleges and school systems represent the largest recent buyers; Mt. San Antonio in California indicates West Coast activity as well.