UNSPSC 27121800: Hydraulic tools

UNSPSC 27121800 Hydraulic tools (Class) encompasses battery-operated hydraulic extrication equipment, hand tools, and maintenance hardware that state and local governments procure for emergency response, facility operations, and fleet maintenance. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers purchasing extrication tools for fire departments, consumable hand tools for ongoing facility upkeep, and specialized hydraulic and pneumatic tool sets for transportation and maintenance operations. The issuing bodies span fire departments, county governments, state health and human services agencies, transit authorities, and statewide cooperative purchasing programs. Texas dominates recent activity through the Health and Human Services Commission and the Comptroller of Public Accounts, with activity also present in Massachusetts, Georgia, and Florida. Counties and special-purpose districts source these items on blanket contracts with annual or multi-year terms, typically on an as-needed basis with firm fixed pricing and 10–14 day standard delivery windows.

The Northborough Fire Department (Massachusetts) issued an IFB for battery-operated hydraulic extrication tools with a response deadline of October 29, 2026. The City of Augusta, Georgia solicited an ITB for 39 line items of hand tools including shovels, hammers, wrenches, and saws with a September 29, 2026 closing and one-year term plus four one-year renewals, applying Local Bidders Preference and M/WBE program requirements. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners (Florida) issued ITB-26-00285 for 52 line items of hand tools across a five-year term with an estimated value of $715,540.41, due June 23, 2026. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issued a statewide SmartBuy cooperative procurement (IFB 304T-26-445A1, due June 11, 2026) for master tool sets with a minimum of 1,152 pieces and discounted hand, power, diagnostic, and storage tools for use by TxDOT and other state agencies and higher-education institutions through July 31, 2030 plus one optional additional year. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued multiple IFBs for HVAC, plumbing, and maintenance tools and supplies to support state hospitals and supported living centers, including IFB HHS0017791 (due August 11, 2026) with an estimated value of $50,000 and IFB HHS0017441 (due June 29, 2026) with an estimated value up to $40,000. Cooperative purchasing, state set-asides for HUB and local bidders, and firm fixed pricing with CPI-indexed adjustment clauses are standard features across this portfolio.