UNSPSC 27112142: Multi tool pliers

A type of hand tool containing pliers as well as other tools for doing multiple chores, whether hunting, camping, hiking or emergency chores.

UNSPSC 27112142 Multi tool pliers is a Commodity code. State and local governments buy hand tools—including pry bars, hammers, wrenches, screwdrivers, saws, pliers, and shovels—under this code for facility maintenance, emergency services, fleet operations, and institutional training. Recent solicitations show demand for both individual tools and comprehensive master tool sets with storage, typically specified by brand name with approved equivalent substitutes permitted. Issuing bodies span county purchasing offices, state facility management and procurement divisions, municipal departments, school districts, water authorities, and special-purpose districts. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners appears as a repeat buyer, issuing separate solicitations for janitorial and operational supplies (including hand tools for fire rescue operations) and a dedicated hand-tools procurement; the Eastern Municipal Water District, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Transportation (through the Texas Comptroller's cooperative purchasing vehicle), and the City of Dallas also solicited recently. Tool specifications typically mandate new, unused condition, manufacturer warranties ranging from one to ten years, and delivery within five to fourteen business days; some jurisdictions require authorized distributor status or manufacturer authorization letters.

Geographic activity concentrates in Florida (Hillsborough County and Polk County School Board), Texas (HHSC and TxDOT through state cooperative purchasing), California (Eastern Municipal Water District in Riverside County), Georgia (Gwinnett County), and Texas (City of Dallas). Representative recent opportunities include Hillsborough County's ITB-26-00285 for hand tools (52 line items, $715,540.41 estimated value, five-year term, bids due June 23, 2026), the Texas Comptroller's cooperative-purchasing IFB 304T-26-445A1 for master tool sets and individual tools for TxDOT and other state agencies (five line items including sets with minimum 1,152 pieces, bids due June 11, 2026 at 1:30 PM Central Time), and the City of Dallas's sixty-month indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity master agreement BL26-00029896 for hand and power tools and supplies (lowest responsive and responsible bidder, bids due April 24, 2026). The Texas HHSC blanket contract (IFB HHS0017441) for HVAC and plumbing parts and tools specified 30 line items across plumbing and tools/hardware categories with estimated value up to $40,000 and delivery in 14 days (bids due June 29, 2026).