UNSPSC 27112728: Power flaring tool

A portable unit that enables rapid and precise flaring of suitable tubes and the pre-installation of cutting rings.

UNSPSC 27112728 Power flaring tool is a Commodity code that captures hand tools and tool accessories state and local governments purchase for maintenance, operations, and equipment support work across departments and work crews. Recent solicitations under this code show state and local buyers purchasing broad categories of hand tools — pry bars, brooms, brushes, buckets, hammers, wrenches, saws, screwdrivers, shovels, and specialized lifting equipment such as large hooks for chains — rather than flaring tools specifically. Issuing bodies span county governments (Hillsborough County, Gwinnett County), municipal utilities (Eastern Municipal Water District), and city procurement offices (City of Dallas), with counties and large cities issuing the most frequent opportunities. These are typically ongoing, as-needed master agreements or five-year supply contracts that consolidate purchasing across multiple departments and operational locations.

Activity concentrates in Florida (Hillsborough County, Polk County), Georgia (Gwinnett County), California (Eastern Municipal Water District in Riverside County), and Texas (City of Dallas), with additional cooperative purchasing reaching multiple states through Sourcewell. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners issued ITB-26-00285 on June 2, 2026, due June 23, 2026, for competitive sealed bids on 52 line items of hand tools with an estimated five-year contract value of $715,540.41. The City of Dallas issued BL26-00029896 on March 26, 2026, due April 24, 2026, for a sixty-month ID/IQ master agreement for hand and power tools and supplies; the solicitation requires manufacturer authorization letters, firm fixed pricing as a markup or discount percentage over the entire contract term, and compliance with Dallas's local preference program and living wage policy ($23.06 per hour for contracts over fifty thousand dollars). Eastern Municipal Water District issued RFB 3911 on April 1, 2026, due April 16, 2026, for inventory tools and tool accessories on a five-year contract with annual price increases capped at three percent.