UNSPSC 25172013: Automotive control arm

Suspension component connecting steering knuckle to chassis. Enables knuckle to move up and down.

UNSPSC 25172013 Automotive control arm (Commodity) shows minimal relevant recent activity under this code. The recent opportunities tagged to it include trailers, law enforcement equipment, fleet maintenance parts inventories, and school district automotive repair parts—none of which constitute automotive control arms as discrete procurement line items. The most closely aligned solicitation is the Illinois Chief Procurement Office's joint purchase master contract (26-416CMS-BOSS4-B-51821) for aftermarket vehicle parts and supplies via Sourcewell, awarded to Genuine Parts Company (NAPA Auto Parts) at $7,500,000 across three years through January 2029, which encompasses a broad range of parts but does not isolate control arms as a specific commodity being solicited. Issuing bodies across the opportunities include state departments (Texas, Illinois, Minnesota), counties (Brevard, Williamson), cities (Atlanta), school districts (Sarasota), and cooperative purchasing vehicles (Sourcewell). The code does not reflect material current market activity specific to automotive control arms at the state and local level.

Geographic activity in the loosely aligned recent opportunities spans Texas, Illinois, Minnesota, Florida, and Georgia, with no single jurisdiction showing repeated control-arm procurement. The trailers solicitation from the State of Texas Comptroller (304T26073A1, IFB, due May 14, 2026) and Brevard County's fleet inventory management RFQ (B52621, due February 25, 2026) represent the most substantial fleet-focused work, but neither targets control arms explicitly. The absence of dedicated control-arm bids suggests that state and local governments either source control arms embedded in larger vehicle repair or parts agreements, procure them through vehicle maintenance contracts, or do not treat them as discrete line items in open solicitations. Vendors monitoring this code should track cooperative purchasing vehicles like Sourcewell and state-level fleet contracts for indirect opportunity, but should not expect standalone control-arm RFPs or IFBs at this code level in the near term.