UNSPSC 30101713: Tin beams

UNSPSC 30101713 Tin beams is a Commodity code, but state and local procurement activity under this code shows minimal alignment with the nominal scope. Recent opportunities tagged to this code involve structural steel components in bridge and building construction — steel truss decks, prestressed concrete piles, concrete end bents, and general structural shapes — rather than tin beams specifically. The issuing bodies are mixed: city capital delivery departments (San Antonio), county transportation authorities (Sarasota County), and university procurement offices (University of Wisconsin-Madison). The work being solicited is heavy civil and building construction where metal structural components are bundled into larger project scopes rather than procured as discrete tin-beam line items.

Activity is concentrated in Texas and Florida, with one Wisconsin higher-education procurement. The City of San Antonio Capital Delivery Department has posted two major bond-funded construction RFPs in the second and third quarters of 2026 — the Hays Street Bridge Connections & Eastside Area Streets project (RFCSP2026025, due August 25, 2026) and Fire Station #33 Facility Replacement (RFCSP2026071, due July 30, 2026) — both of which list structural shapes and concrete beams as applicable product categories. Sarasota County issued an IFB for the Midnight Pass Road Pedestrian Bridge (262861MN, due July 20, 2026) specifying steel truss construction. The University of Wisconsin-Madison posted a general metals RFB (2026UWMSN01207RFB, closed April 20, 2026) for steel, aluminum, and stainless steel materials without itemized specifications. The code's low specificity and the absence of tin beams in actual solicitation language suggest this category may be misapplied to structural steel procurement or that tin-beam demand in state and local construction is negligible relative to broader structural-shape purchasing.