UNSPSC 26121510: Trolley wire

UNSPSC 26121510 Trolley wire is a Commodity code that encompasses maintenance and replacement components for electric streetcar and trolley systems, including wire, hardware, and related infrastructure elements that sustain overhead power delivery to transit vehicles. The code captures what state and local transit authorities actually buy when maintaining aging streetcar fleets — though the single recent opportunity in the dataset involves streetcar truck overhauls rather than trolley wire procurement itself, suggesting the code sees limited direct solicitation activity or that transit agencies tag related vehicle maintenance work broadly across multiple UNSPSC categories. Issuing bodies under this code are primarily regional transit authorities operating light-rail and streetcar systems; the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) is the only repeat buyer visible in recent activity.

The geographic spread of trolley-wire procurement concentrates in transit corridors with established streetcar infrastructure, though the dataset shows activity primarily in the Carolinas. The most recent solicitation—Charlotte Area Transit System RFP 26920272117, posted August 18, 2026, due October 20, 2026—requests proposals for overhauls of CATS IV Streetcar trucks to meet original equipment manufacturer maintenance intervals on Siemens equipment, including truck, hydraulic, and braking system work at 15-year/270,000-mile intervals for trucks, 300,000-mile intervals for low-floor axles and wheelsets, and 6-year/310,000-mile intervals for journal bearing equipment. The scope is narrower than the trolley-wire code name suggests; CATS's Reliability, Condition & Maintenance department will remove and prepare equipment for shipment, and the Rail Inventory department will coordinate transport to the selected vendor. No contract value or term is provided in the source.