UNSPSC 25181601: Automobile chassis

UNSPSC 25181601 Automobile chassis, a Commodity code, covers the procurement of pickup trucks, chassis cabs with upfits, vans, and specialized fleet vehicles that state and local governments are currently sourcing for operations ranging from highway maintenance to fire rescue to municipal fleet management. Recent solicitations show demand across both light-duty pickups (half-ton and three-quarter-ton models, often 4WD) and medium-duty chassis cabs configured with dump bodies, snow plow systems, and other field equipment, as well as electric and hybrid variants. Issuing bodies span county transportation and water districts, municipal fire protection districts, state departments of transportation, city fleet management offices, school districts, and special-purpose service cooperatives. Riverside County has posted multiple RFBs for pickup trucks with integrated fuel storage; Santa Clara County Central Fire Protection District has solicited Ford crew cabs; and the State of South Dakota issued a comprehensive IFB across 27 line items encompassing sedans through heavy-duty trucks. The code also captures single-unit procurements by smaller jurisdictions—Chatham County (police vehicles), the Town of Manchester, Connecticut (chassis cabs with snow plow upfits), and Lake City Area Schools, Michigan (10-passenger van)—alongside statewide cooperative purchasing vehicles such as Sourcewell (uncrewed vehicle systems) and Georgia's Department of Administrative Services (police and special operations vehicles).

Geographic activity concentrates in California (Riverside County, San Bernardino County, Santa Clara County), Texas (Harris County, San Antonio, South Dallas), and the Upper Midwest (South Dakota, Michigan, Minnesota), with additional recent solicitations from Connecticut, Oregon, Georgia, Nevada, Florida, and Illinois. Representative recent opportunities include the State of South Dakota's IFB 26IFB19913 (September 9, 2026 response date) for 2027 or newer vehicles spanning sedans through heavy-duty cab-and-chassis trucks under a one-year contract with renewal options; the Oregon Department of Transportation's ITB S-73000-00016518 (May 14, 2026 closed) for seven battery-electric Chevrolet Silverado EV pickups with 180-day delivery for statewide highway maintenance; the County of San Bernardino's ITB VHS126-FL000-6440 (August 3, 2026 response date) for approximately 130 light- and heavy-duty vehicles including electric and hybrid options with a 5% local vendor preference; and the City of San Antonio's IFB 6100019655 (May 20, 2026 closed) for an estimated 24 hybrid and electric vehicles across multiple departments. Electric and hybrid vehicle specifications appear increasingly in fleet modernization procurements, and upfit specifications (dump bodies, snow plow systems, animal control equipment) are common in county and district purchases, particularly where vehicles support public works or emergency operations.