UNSPSC 23271713: Welding positioner and manipulator

Welding positioners and manipulators include tube and circumferential welder, turning roll and rotator, weld manipulator, positioner and turntable, longitudinal seamer, robotic positioning station, and head and tail stock type positioners and manipulators.

UNSPSC 23271713 Welding positioner and manipulator is a Commodity code under which state and local governments procure portable welding equipment, vent extraction systems for welding labs, and materials and supplies for welding programs and facilities. The recent solicitations show a mix of direct equipment purchases (welder-generators, plasma cutters), consumables and supplies (rods, electrodes, sheets, tubes), and lab infrastructure (vent extraction arms). Issuing bodies include school districts and community colleges establishing multi-year supply contracts for welding instruction, municipal water districts buying specific equipment for field operations, correctional facilities procuring vocational training systems, and college districts seeking both materials and installation services. Collin College and Collin County Community College District have each posted three-year welding materials and supplies ITBs within the past month, suggesting active vocational programming in the region and repeat procurement cycles at the same issuing bodies.

Recent activity clusters in Texas and California. Collin College and Collin County Community College District (both near Dallas) each posted three-year welding materials and supplies contracts with response dates in March–April 2024 and anticipated annual volumes around $400,000 per contract. The North Texas Municipal Water District posted bids for two Lincoln Frontier 400X diesel welder-generators due July 29, 2026. Mt. San Antonio Community College District (Walnut, California) issued an RFQ for purchase and installation of forty-seven flexible vent extraction arms with a July 16, 2026 response date and $150,000 Engineer's Base Bid Estimate, requiring a current California Contractor's License and DIR registration with a 3% DVBE participation goal. The Texas Juvenile Justice Department's Giddings facility posted an IFB for a plasma cutting table system with software and training, response due February 9, 2026. The School Board of Polk County, Florida issued a vendor response request for CNC training equipment including mills, lathes, and simulators, responses due March 24, 2026, remaining in preliminary qualification phase with potential transition to formal solicitation.