UNSPSC 25101714: Armored recovery vehicle

Off-road vehicle with blast protected crew cabin for the purpose of recovering damaged or broken down heavy off-road mine protected vehicles.

UNSPSC 25101714 Armored recovery vehicle, a Commodity code, names a narrow class of specialized emergency and tactical vehicles that state and local governments procure primarily through law enforcement and airport operations channels. Recent opportunities show substantial misdirection in code assignment: most solicitations under this code are actually for emergency medical service (EMS) ambulances, fire apparatus, law enforcement pursuit vehicles, and airport rescue firefighting trucks—none of which are armored recovery vehicles in the traditional sense. The code does capture two directly on-point procurements: the City of Valdosta, Georgia's sole-source RFQ for a Lenco BearCat G3 Core tactical armored vehicle with ballistic certification and proprietary armor systems (due June 23, 2026, and reissued with notice of sole-source intent due July 8, 2026), and Broward County's RFI designating a Rosenbauer Panther 6x6 Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting vehicle as sole-source for Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (due April 21, 2026). Beyond these, the dataset reflects routine municipal fleet procurement: ambulance purchases for county EMS departments, fire apparatus, police pursuit vehicles, and specialized upfit equipment for law enforcement platforms. Issuing bodies span county boards of commissioners, city procurement departments, school districts, airport authorities, and regional transit agencies across the South and Southwest, with particular concentration in Georgia, Texas, Mississippi, and Florida.

The geographic spread reflects scattered activity across the Southeast and Southwest with no clear regional concentration; Georgia dominates tactical vehicle procurements (Valdosta BearCat sole-source efforts), while Texas and Florida see frequent EMS and fire apparatus solicitations that have been miscoded. The Arizona cooperative purchasing vehicle (Washington State Department of Enterprise Services for law enforcement upfit equipment across Washington and Oregon, due July 24, 2026) and the Texas TIPS cooperative for fire trucks and first responder vehicles represent the largest potential volumes, though these are general fleet procurements rather than armored recovery vehicles per se. Actual armored recovery vehicle activity remains minimal and clustered in law enforcement tactical procurement for two Georgia jurisdictions; the bulk of activity tagged to this code reflects widespread miscoding of emergency services and fire apparatus under the wrong UNSPSC category. Vendors pursuing this code should clarify with procurement offices whether they are targeting true tactical armored vehicles or have been matched to misaligned opportunities in EMS, fire, and police fleet categories.