UNSPSC 26111901: Plate clutches

UNSPSC 26111901 Plate clutches (Commodity) covers brake and drivetrain friction components, though state and local opportunities tagged under this code reveal minimal direct relevance to plate clutches themselves. Instead, recent solicitations show state and local governments procuring motor vehicle brake parts more broadly—pads, shoes, rotors, drums, master cylinders, hoses, calipers, wheel cylinders, and hardware kits—across school districts, counties, and cooperative purchasing vehicles. The issuing bodies include K-12 school districts (Pinellas County Schools in Florida), county transit and port authorities (Broward County), and multistate cooperative purchasing consortia (Sourcewell on behalf of participating counties in Washington and Minnesota). The recent opportunities span brake components for passenger vehicles, light trucks, medium and heavy-duty trucks, and buses, with factory-approved, OEM-certified parts required. One opportunity (Pinellas County Schools ITB #26-AM-016) explicitly excludes plate clutches and focuses on brake subsystems; another (Broward County RFI on Dellner Bubenzer brakes) addresses crane brake systems at a port facility; a third (Sourcewell RFP #061626) concerns law enforcement equipment broadly and does not identify plate clutches or automotive clutches as part of scope.

Geographic activity appears concentrated in Florida and the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Minnesota), with a single Georgia-posted opportunity unrelated to the clutch or brake category. The most concrete representative opportunity is Pinellas County Schools ITB #26-AM-016, issued July 27, 2026, due August 24, 2026, with an estimated contract value of approximately $190,000 annually covering motor vehicle brake parts for two vehicle classes; the district imposed a 40-mile radius supplier location requirement, a 5 percent Florida business preference, and OEM warranty and indemnification mandates. Broward County's June 23, 2026 RFI on Bubenzer brake and rail clamp systems (due July 1, 2026) sought to challenge a proposed sole-source designation for crane brake equipment at Port Everglades, inviting competing vendors to demonstrate comparable capability. The code shows limited direct activity in plate clutches and significant tagging mismatch; businesses pursuing work under this code should verify that brake-system opportunities are tagged correctly before investing in bid preparation.