UNSPSC 27112017: Digging bars

UNSPSC 27112017 Digging bars, a Commodity code, captures hand tools and related grounds maintenance equipment that state and local governments procure on as-needed supply contracts. The recent activity under this code shows solicitations for general hand tool assortments — shovels, posthole diggers, axes, hammers, files, and related implements — bundled into annual or multi-year supply agreements. Cities, counties, and community college districts issue these solicitations primarily as ITBs and RFPs seeking fixed-price or discount-off-list contracting for grounds maintenance, facilities operations, and general work crews. Vendors must typically meet specification sheets, provide product samples, and commit to fixed pricing with modest escalation provisions; local bidder preferences and M/WBE compliance requirements appear frequently in municipal solicitations.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast and Southwest. The City of Augusta, Georgia posted ITB 27-001 Hand Tools on September 10, 2026, with a September 29, 2026 response date, covering 39 line items of hand tools supplied on an as-needed basis with a one-year term and four optional renewals; local bidder preference applies when the lowest local qualified bid falls within 10 percent or $10,000 (whichever is less) of the lowest non-local bid. Collin County Community College District in Texas issued ITB FY2024ITB037 on July 7, 2024, seeking grounds equipment, parts, and supplies across ten campuses with an estimated annual expenditure of $48,000 over three years. Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government unit and service cooperative, posted RFP #061626 on May 12, 2026, with a June 16, 2026 response deadline, for a law enforcement equipment contracting solution that diverges from typical digging bar and hand tool procurement — this appears to be a tagging mismatch rather than a representative opportunity under the code.