UNSPSC 27111918: Hand sander

A manual tool that contains abrasive on one side and has a handle on the other side.

UNSPSC 27111918 Hand sander is a Commodity code that encompasses portable and stationary power sanders and manual sanding tools used in maintenance, construction, and equipment repair across state and local operations. State and local procurement under this code appears limited; the single recent opportunity in the dataset is a Sourcewell cooperative procurement (RFP #061626, due June 16, 2026) titled Law Enforcement Equipment—Southwest, issued on behalf of Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government unit and service cooperative, and covering Franklin County, Grant County, Grays Harbor County, Chelan County, and Yakima County in Washington, along with numerous other jurisdictions. The RFP seeks to establish a contracting solution for law enforcement equipment available to thousands of governmental agencies, higher education institutions, K-12 school districts, nonprofit organizations, tribal governments, and other public entities throughout the United States and Canada. However, the solicitation does not explicitly identify hand sanders or similar tools as discrete line items; the opportunity appears to have been tagged with this code despite its primary focus on law enforcement equipment broadly, suggesting minimal current state and local purchasing volume specifically for hand sanders under this commodity classification.

The geographic scope of recent activity is concentrated in Washington state counties participating in the Sourcewell procurement framework, with the cooperative structure extending potential reach across the United States and Canada. The mismatch between the hand sander commodity code and the law enforcement equipment RFP indicates that this code sees little relevant recent activity among state and local buyers. Hand sanders are likely procured under broader facilities maintenance, equipment repair, or tools-and-supplies vehicles rather than appearing as a distinct procurement line item at the state or local level.