UNSPSC 23271714: Welding screen

A type of protective screen, made of a polyvinyl chloride plastic film, used to protect nearby workers from exposure to the UV light from the electric arc.

UNSPSC 23271714 Welding screen (Commodity) encompasses welding extraction and ventilation equipment, but recent state and local opportunities show the code capturing a broader spectrum of welding lab infrastructure, consumables, and specialized equipment rather than screens alone. State and local governments soliciting under this code are primarily community colleges and special-purpose districts, with school boards and correctional facilities also active. Collin College and Collin County Community College District have both issued multi-vendor, three-year ITBs for welding materials, supplies, and equipment with approximately $400,000 annual procurement volumes, while Mt. San Antonio Community College District posted an RFQ for flexible vent extraction arms (47 units, $150,000 engineer's estimate) for welding lab installation. The North Texas Municipal Water District Maintenance Department is bidding two Lincoln Frontier 400X diesel-driven welder/generator units. Educational institutions dominate the solicitation flow, seeking both consumables (rods, tubes, sheets, electrodes in steel, stainless steel, and aluminum) and capital equipment (extraction systems, generators). Polk County Schools issued a vendor response request for comprehensive CNC training solutions including simulator, tooling, and warranty, and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) posted an IFB for a plasma cutting table system with software and installation for the Giddings State Juvenile Correctional Facility.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and California, with community college districts in the North Texas region (Collin College, Collin County Community College District) and Southern California (Mt. San Antonio Community College District) driving multiple solicitations. The Collin College and Collin County community college procurements evaluated vendors on purchase price (35%), references and quality (30% combined), meeting district needs (15%), vendor historical relationship (5%), total cost of ownership (5%), and Texas vendor status (5%), with explicit encouragement of small, minority, veteran, and female-owned business participation. Mt. San Antonio Community College District's extraction-arm installation (RFQ 2026067, due July 16, 2026) requires California Contractor's License classification C-20 and DIR registration, with a 3% DVBE participation goal and prevailing wage compliance. Collin College's three-year contract (FY2024ITB020, responses due March 19, 2024) and Collin County's three-year contract (FY2024ITB024, responses due April 19, 2024) both anticipated May/June 2024 contract start dates and board award presentations in April/May 2024. The North Texas Municipal Water District's welder/generator bid (26163B) closed July 29, 2026.