UNSPSC 23271817: Solder powder

Powder form solder

UNSPSC 23271817 Solder powder is a Commodity code, but recent state and local solicitations tagged with it show activity centered on a much broader range of welding consumables and equipment — welding rods, tungsten electrodes, MIG and TIG consumables, welding wire, gloves, face shields, and flexible vent extraction arms. State and local buyers under this code are primarily community colleges and school districts procuring for welding education programs and labs. Collin College (identified in two separate solicitations) and Northside Independent School District (NISD) in San Antonio are the standout repeat buyers in the recent opportunities block. The solicitations emphasize multi-vendor awards on a three-year or one-year renewable basis, with pricing evaluation weighted heavily on purchase price (35 points in the Collin College solicitations) alongside references, quality, total cost of ownership, and Texas vendor status. Vendors typically must provide percentage discounts off manufacturer's list prices and assign account representatives for district support.

Activity is concentrated in Texas, with recent solicitations from Collin College (two ITBs, FY2024ITB020 and FY2024ITB024, both due in March and April 2024 respectively, for three-year contracts valued at approximately $400,000 annually), Northside Independent School District (IFB 2026-054, due March 5, 2026, covering 83 elementary through 15 support sites on as-needed basis), and Mt. San Antonio Community College District in California (Solicitation 2026067, due July 16, 2026, for purchase and installation of forty-seven flexible vent extraction arms with an Engineer's Base Bid Estimate of $150,000). Collin College's solicitations explicitly encourage small, minority, veteran, and female-owned business participation; Mt. San Antonio has a 3% DVBE participation goal. The code shows active but narrow geographic spread — Texas dominance with a single California outlier — and the recent opportunities suggest that solder powder per se represents a small or incidental portion of welding-program procurement activity under this code designation.