UNSPSC 24102300: Automatic guided vehicles AGV

An Automatic Guided Vehicle, or AGV consists of a computer controlled wheel based load carrier (normally battery powered) that runs on the plant floor (or if outdoors on a paved area) without the need for an onboard operator or driver. AGVs have defined paths or areas within which or over which they can navigate. Navigation is achieved by any one of several means, including following a path defined by buried inductive wires, surface mounted magnetic or optical strips.

UNSPSC 24102300 Automatic guided vehicles (AGV) is a Class code that does not align with the state and local procurement activity currently posted under it. The recent opportunities tagged to this code—traffic signal improvements, conveyor system equipment, paving contracts, and traffic engineering services—represent construction, materials supply, and professional services work that falls outside the scope of automated guided vehicle systems. The City of Phoenix Water Services Department's eight-year conveyor system equipment procurement (IFB-25-0748, response due May 23, 2025) involves specialized conveyor components and authorized distributor relationships, while multiple municipalities including Brownsville, Pasco County, Fort Worth, and Detroit are soliciting traffic signal installation and maintenance services through IFBs and RFQs posted between May and October 2026. The Utah Transit Authority issued a Request for Information on connected and automated vehicle solutions and automated guideway transit (RFI 26-04053PP, due August 13, 2026), which represents exploratory market research rather than active procurement and does not constitute a binding solicitation opportunity.

The issuing bodies are predominantly municipalities and county transportation departments—Brownsville, Fort Worth, Phoenix, Pasco County, Detroit, Boulder County, and Harris County—supplemented by a regional transit authority and special-purpose district activity. Geographic activity concentrates in Texas (Brownsville, Fort Worth, Harris County), Florida (Pasco County), and Arizona (Phoenix), with secondary postings from Colorado (Boulder County), Georgia (Atlanta BeltLine informational event), Oklahoma (state RFP for traffic control services), and Utah (transit authority RFI). The code shows little recent activity genuinely aligned with AGV procurement; the mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual posted opportunities signals either miscategorization in state and local systems or dormant demand for automated guided vehicle equipment in this market segment. Firms should verify code application directly with issuing agencies before pursuing opportunities posted under this classification.