UNSPSC 27112113: Slip or groove joint pliers

UNSPSC 27112113 Slip or groove joint pliers is a Commodity code that captures hand tools for maintenance and operational use across state and local fleets, facilities, and emergency services. State and local governments buy slip-joint pliers primarily as components of larger tool sets for fleet maintenance, facility repair, and emergency operations—not typically as standalone consumables. Recent opportunities show these pliers bundled into comprehensive master tool sets for garage and fleet maintenance operations, as well as in smaller quantities within broader janitorial and operational supplies for fire rescue departments. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code span state procurement offices coordinating statewide cooperative purchasing, county boards, and special-purpose district authorities. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners represent the primary active purchasers in the recent record.

Activity under this code concentrates in Texas and Florida. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issued Invitation for Bid 304T-26-445A1 on June 11, 2026, through the Texas SmartBuy cooperative purchasing system for master tool sets and individual tools for TxDOT and other state agencies and institutions of higher education; the bid specified a minimum of 27 pliers as part of the 1,152-piece master tool sets, with responses due June 11, 2026, at 1:30 PM Central Time. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners issued ITB 2600319 on July 7, 2026, for janitorial and operational supplies valued at $765,679.84 for the Fire Rescue Department, with bids due July 24, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time; pliers appear in this consumables contract as part of the broader operational supplies for 47 fire stations. The Texas SmartBuy vehicle offers statewide reach and multi-year terms through July 31, 2030, with potential for multiple awards by line item, whereas the Hillsborough County purchase is direct-award, as-needed consumables.