UNSPSC 27112020: Sickle

An agricultural tool composed of a steel curved blade with teeth or sharpened edge on the concave part affixed to a short handle for cutting grass or crops. Smaller version of a scythe.

UNSPSC 27112020 Sickle is a Commodity code covering hand tools and grounds maintenance equipment that state and local governments procure on an as-needed basis for routine maintenance, construction support, and landscape management. Recent opportunities show state and local buyers purchasing sickles alongside broader assortments of hand tools—shovels, posthole diggers, pitch forks, hammers, axes, rakes, brooms, files, saws, and trimmer line—typically through annual supply contracts or multi-year master agreements. Issuing bodies include city procurement departments (the City of Augusta, Georgia), community college districts (Collin County Community College District), and cooperative purchasing vehicles serving counties and regional public entities. Most opportunities specify fixed pricing with limited escalation provisions and require vendors to meet brand-name or functional equivalency standards with documented specification sheets or samples.

Recent activity spans Georgia, Texas, and a multi-state Sourcewell cooperative anchored in Washington and Minnesota. The City of Augusta, Georgia issued ITB 27-001 Hand Tools—Annual Bid with a response deadline of September 29, 2026, covering 39 line items of hand tools supplied on as-needed basis with a one-year term and four optional one-year renewals, subject to a local bidders preference and M/WBE program requirements. Collin County Community College District in Texas issued ITB FY2024ITB037 for Grounds Equipment, Parts, and Supplies across ten campuses, with an estimated annual expenditure of $48,000 over a three-year contract term. Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government cooperative, issued RFP #061626 Law Enforcement Equipment as a multi-jurisdictional opportunity on behalf of Franklin County, Grant County, Grays Harbor County, Chelan County, and Yakima County in Washington, with a proposal deadline of June 16, 2026, structured to establish contracting solutions for use by participating public entities nationwide.