UNSPSC 25191510: Ground power units for aircraft

UNSPSC 25191510 Ground power units for aircraft is a Commodity code purchasing powered electrical ground support equipment that airports install on or near passenger boarding bridges to provide 400 Hz AC and 28 VDC power to parked aircraft. State and local airport authorities, primarily municipal aviation departments and county airport boards, solicit this equipment through a mix of capital procurement and maintenance contracts—new-equipment installation (RFPs and ITBs for removal and replacement of entire systems), on-call maintenance and repair services (RFPs for technician labor and parts), spare parts (RFIs and sole-source challenges for proprietary cable assemblies), and cable assemblies and replacement components sourced from original equipment manufacturers. The work typically entails procuring the units themselves, site installation with welding and electrical work performed by certified trades, functional testing and commissioning, and training of airport maintenance personnel; contracts frequently carry federal compliance burdens (Davis-Bacon prevailing wage, Buy American, AIP funding requirements, DBE good-faith effort plans) and substantial bonding, insurance, and performance security requirements tied to federally assisted airport improvement projects.

Recent activity spans Florida (Okaloosa County at Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport; Collier County at Immokalee; Broward County at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood), Texas (City of Waco and City of Dallas), and cooperative purchasing vehicles serving multistate membership (Sourcewell). Representative opportunities include the City of Dallas Department of Aviation's ITB for procurement, removal, and installation of twenty passenger boarding bridges and twenty ground power units at Dallas Love Field Airport, with proposals due May 29, 2026, and an anticipated construction window from September 2026 to March 2028; Okaloosa County's ITB to furnish and install up to three 45-ton Preconditioned Air Units and two 90 kilowatt-amp Ground Power Units at Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport, with bids due October 28, 2026; and the City of Waco's RFP for on-call maintenance, repairs, and inspection services for baggage handling and boarding bridge equipment, with proposals due October 20, 2026. Broward County issued an RFI on June 4, 2026 challenging a proposed sole-source designation for ITW GSE Inc 400 Hz ground power unit cable assemblies for Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, with responses due June 26, 2026.