UNSPSC 25172505: Bicycle tubes

UNSPSC 25172505 Bicycle tubes (Commodity) covers spare inner tubes and related repair components that state and local governments procure for fleet maintenance, law enforcement patrol operations, and public recreation programs. Recent state and local solicitations show purchases driven by police and parks departments maintaining dedicated bicycle fleets, as well as cooperative purchasing vehicles establishing frameworks for athletic equipment and law enforcement gear that may include bicycle-related accessories. The work is narrow in scope—tubes appear primarily as line items within larger bicycle procurement or maintenance contracts rather than standalone purchases—but the code sits within a broader ecosystem of cycling infrastructure spending in municipalities and regional education cooperatives.

Issuing bodies span city purchasing departments (notably the City of Austin), state university systems (Albany State University), and cooperative purchasing vehicles serving multiple jurisdictions (Sourcewell on behalf of law enforcement agencies across Washington state and beyond; Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative for athletic equipment across its member network). Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Washington, with secondary exposure in Georgia. Representative opportunities include the City of Austin Police Bicycles contract (IFB 8700 TJP1028, due March 31, 2026), which specified spare tubes as accessories within a five-year patrol bicycle supply and maintenance contract covering both manual and electric mountain bikes for downtown and parks operations; the Sourcewell Law Enforcement Equipment RFP (#061626, due June 16, 2026), a cooperative procurement intended to establish contracting solutions for participating jurisdictions across Washington and multiple states; and the Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative athletic equipment catalog discount bid (ATH2628, due March 26, 2026), which estimates $13.5 million in anticipated expenditures across the two-year contract term and includes athletic equipment categories that may encompass bicycle-related gear for school districts and institutions within its member base.