UNSPSC 23281500: Coating or plating machines

Coating and plating machines apply plastic, organic, or metal finishes to a product, which improves the product's properties such as increasing durability or resisting corrosion.

UNSPSC 23281500 Coating or plating machines is a Class code that in recent state and local procurement activity frames equipment for law enforcement and protective applications rather than industrial manufacturing processes. The single recent opportunity tagged to this code—Sourcewell RFP #061626, issued on behalf of the State of Minnesota and participating Washington counties—solicits law enforcement equipment broadly, with no specification that coating or plating machinery is a primary focus. The scope appears misaligned with the code's nominal industrial equipment classification, suggesting either tagging error or a minor component within a larger law enforcement equipment suite. State and local procurement under this code shows minimal recent activity; the Sourcewell cooperative vehicle is the primary issuing structure visible in current opportunities.

Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government cooperative, posted RFP #061626 on May 12, 2026 with a response deadline of June 16, 2026 at 3:30 p.m. Central Time, seeking to establish a multi-jurisdiction contracting solution for law enforcement equipment available to thousands of governmental agencies, K-12 school districts, nonprofits, tribal governments, and other public entities across the United States and Canada. The solicitation encompasses Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, and Yakima Counties in Washington, along with numerous other jurisdictions. Vendors must submit proposals exclusively through the Sourcewell Procurement Portal; no set-aside designations, award values, or incumbent vendors are identified in available documentation. Given the sparse recent-opportunity record and the apparent disconnect between the code's industrial scope and the law enforcement equipment framing in the single posted opportunity, this code shows little relevant activity for firms targeting state and local procurement of actual coating or plating machinery.