UNSPSC 25181717: Low bed trailer

A trailer with a loweredbed that facilitates transport of heavy or bulky freight.

UNSPSC 25181717 Low bed trailer (Commodity) encompasses specialized heavy-transport trailers that state and local governments procure for equipment hauling, debris management, and specialized operational support. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers acquiring low beds, grapple dump trailers, enclosed utility trailers, refrigerated units, command post trailers, refuse transfer equipment, and purpose-built mortuary and poultry-processing trailers—a scope that extends well beyond the code's nominal name to include any trailer requiring engineered capacity, hydraulic systems, or custom configuration for public agency operations.

The issuing body mix spans state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Transportation, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas A&M University-Kingsville), county governments (Sacramento, Habersham, DeKalb, Macon Water Authority, Pickens County, Boulder County, San Bernardino, Seminole, Clay, Hillsborough), cities (Atlanta, Tucson, San Antonio, Perry, Valdosta, Kissimmee Utility Authority), and independent school and university facilities (Fort Valley State University, Middlesex College, Mississippi State University). Texas dominates recent activity, with TxDOT posting multiple deckover and specialized-equipment solicitations; Habersham County in Georgia issued repeated RFQs for grapple dump trailers within a two-week window in September 2026. Palm Beach County, Florida reposted identical dump-trailer RFQs at least seven times between June and September 2026, signaling either supply challenges or standing cooperative-purchasing demand. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued three versions of a large mortuary-trailer services IFB (initially July 2026, revised August and October 2026 with response dates of July 17, September 9, and October 28), indicating material scope or administrative changes mid-cycle. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts posted a statewide multi-trailer procurement in May 2026 covering nine beavertail tandem, nine beavertail triple-axle, sliding triple-axle, gooseneck, and belly-dump units across six product groups. Geographic spread includes Texas (dominant), Georgia, Florida, California, Colorado, Mississippi, and New Jersey, with activity concentrated among large state agencies and county fleet operations in the Southeast and Southwest. Representative opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017352v3 (October 2026 response due) for mortuary trailer deployment, maintenance, and strike-team staffing within 125 miles of Waco; Sacramento County RFB 2026RFB0102 (October 2026) for one enclosed 7,000-pound GVWR utility trailer with bathroom and storage, FOB Destination delivery, with local and micro-business preferences available; Habersham County RFQ 2027-06 (October 2026) for an 18'-20' grapple dump trailer with 21-foot hydraulic reach and 3,000-pound capacity for storm debris; and Seminole County IFB-5262-26/LTT (August 2026) for refuse trailer refurbishment and repair on time-and-materials with three-year contract and two one-year renewal options. The Texas Comptroller statewide procurement (May 2026, bid due May 14) required authorized dealers, detailed manufacturer specs, 12-month warranties, proof of in-state service within 72 hours, and 1 percent HUB subcontracting-plan utilization—a model repeated across major state procurements. Set-asides and preferences are common: Sacramento and Palm Beach County offer local and micro-business preferences (2–5 percent); Texas Health and Human Services does not mandate HUB subcontracting but encourages it; Pinellas County Florida (September 2026 portable-sanitation RFQ) offered SBE preference for submissions within five business days and 5 percent preference thereafter.