UNSPSC 23271818: Solder wire

UNSPSC 23271818 Solder wire is a Commodity code that describes consumable welding materials and supplies—including welding wire, welding rods, tungsten electrodes, and related filler metals—procured by community colleges, school districts, and higher-education institutions for vocational welding programs and maintenance operations. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers treating this code as part of broader welding-materials procurement, bundling solder wire with consumables such as MIG wire, TIG consumables, gloves, and face shields into single multi-vendor contracts spanning one to three years. Issuing bodies include community college districts in California and Texas (Collin College, Mt. San Antonio Community College District) and independent school districts (Northside Independent School District in San Antonio), with college procurement offices and district purchasing departments handling most activity. Evaluation typically weights purchase price at 35 percent, with secondary criteria including references, quality, vendor historical relationship, and state-of-origin preferences.

Recent activity clusters in California and Texas, the two states represented in the most recent opportunities. Collin College (Collin County Community College District) issued two parallel ITBs in March and April 2024 for three-year welding-materials contracts with approximately $400,000 in annual volume, each structured for multi-vendor award; Northside Independent School District issued IFB 2026-054 in February 2026 for one-year welding equipment and supplies procurement across 147 campuses in the San Antonio area, with pricing on a catalog-discount basis and no guaranteed purchase volume; Mt. San Antonio Community College District in California posted solicitation 2026067 in June 2026 for flexible vent extraction-arm installation in its welding lab (estimated $150,000), a tangential but facility-related procurement. The code shows moderate, recurring activity within the vocational-education sector, with response dates typically 30 to 45 days from posting.