UNSPSC 27112313: Marking gauge

A tool used to draw parallel line or make marks with prescribed dimensions on timber or steel plate.

UNSPSC 27112313 Marking gauge (Commodity) represents marking and layout tools that state and local governments procure as part of broader hand-tool supply contracts rather than as standalone items. In practice, marking gauges and similar precision layout instruments appear bundled within larger annual tool supply agreements managed by maintenance, facilities, and fleet operations functions across multiple issuing bodies. The recent solicitation activity reflects a pattern of state and local procurement focused on consolidated hand-tool purchasing to support maintenance workforces, facility operations, and construction-related trades. Scope of work under this code encompasses marking gauges and related measuring or marking devices procured as line items within multi-category tool and hardware supply contracts, often alongside hammers, wrenches, saws, pry bars, brushes, and other consumable hand tools delivered on an as-needed basis with fixed pricing and annual renewal options.

Issuing bodies soliciting under this code include city procurement offices, county commissioners, state health and human services agencies, transit authorities, and state-level cooperative purchasing divisions. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), the City of Augusta (Georgia), and the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (administering the Texas SmartBuy cooperative system on behalf of TxDOT and other state agencies) appear as active recent buyers. Activity concentrates in Texas and Florida, with supplementary posting from Georgia. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Augusta ITB 27-001 Hand Tools (response due September 29, 2026) covering 39 hand-tool line items with fixed pricing and one-year contract plus four optional renewals; Hillsborough County ITB-26-00285 Hand Tools (response due June 23, 2026) spanning 52 hand-tool line items over a five-year term valued at $715,540.41; and the Texas Comptroller's cooperative procurement (304T-26-445A1, response due June 11, 2026) for master tool sets and discount pricing on individual hand and power tools available statewide. Marking gauges, when specified in these solicitations, are typically one of many line items rather than the primary focus, reflecting their role as supporting inventory items within larger consumable-supplies strategies.