UNSPSC 24101600: Lifting equipment and accessories

UNSPSC 24101600 Lifting equipment and accessories is a Class code under which state and local governments procure industrial lifting and vertical transportation equipment ranging from specialized jib cranes and bridge cranes to passenger and freight elevators, scissorlifts, dock lifts, and personnel lifts, along with associated inspection, maintenance, and repair services. Recent solicitations show a split between single equipment purchases (a 3-ton jib crane, scissorlifts, dock lifts, warehouse stand-lifts) and comprehensive statewide master price agreements for ongoing maintenance and emergency repair of existing fleets. State departments of transportation, water and sewer commissions, community colleges, municipalities, and state purchasing divisions all appear in the recent opportunity stream; Minnesota Department of Transportation and the State of Rhode Island Division of Purchases are repeat buyers, with Rhode Island particularly active in establishing master price agreements for multi-year service relationships. The scope spans both capital equipment procurement (new cranes and lifts) and operational services (quarterly maintenance, emergency call-back, annual safety testing, parts supply, and labor).

Recent activity concentrates in the Northeast and Upper Midwest. Minnesota has posted two successive rebid solicitations for a single 3-ton jib crane at MnDOT District 1 Virginia (due October 19, 2026, and September 30, 2026 in the prior cycle), and a procurement for EZ Lift stand-lifts (due August 4, 2026). Massachusetts saw solicitations from Springfield Water and Sewer Commission for a 45-ton bridge crane replacement at Cobble Mountain Hydroelectric powerhouse (IFB due September 30, 2026, with mandatory pre-bid on September 1, 2026), Bristol Community College for quarterly elevator maintenance across four campuses (RFP due June 8, 2026), the Town of Westborough for elevator trade contractor qualifications on a new dispatch facility (due June 24, 2026), and the City of Somerville for elevator maintenance and repair services (IFB due May 21, 2026). Rhode Island Division of Purchases maintains two concurrent open-enrollment statewide master price agreements: MPA-534 for elevator, escalator, and vertical transportation equipment service and repair (enrollment window through August 1, 2028), and MPA-445 for aerial lifts, bucket trucks, cranes, forklifts, and hoisting equipment inspection and maintenance (quarterly open enrollment, most recent cycle closed June 2, 2026). Texas Department of Criminal Justice posted an IFB for scissorlifts (due July 3, 2026), and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department issued an IFB for a dock lift with 560/48 capacity (due April 21, 2026). Competition for single-unit capital equipment tends toward low bid on specifications; master price agreements impose manufacturer certification, insurance, prevailing wage, and MBE participation requirements.