UNSPSC 30102400: Rod

UNSPSC 30102400 Rod, a Class code, covers ferrous and non-ferrous rod stock and welding consumables that state and local governments procure for on-site equipment maintenance, facility repairs, and emergency fabrication work. Recent opportunities show counties and special districts buying steel, aluminum, stainless steel, and galvanized rods and tubing alongside related welding supplies and miscellaneous metals hardware, often as part of broader maintenance-services contracts or as stocked inventory items for rapid-response repairs. Issuing bodies include county public works departments, solid waste management agencies, and county facilities divisions, which use this code to source both materials for in-house repairs and supplies to bundle with mobile welding and fabrication services contracts. The scope spans structural rod shapes, sheet metal, bars, and welding supplies consumed in shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, and related metal-working operations.

Orange County, California (OC Public Works) posted an IFB in October 2026 for various metals and related hardware, with bids due November 4, 2026, covering 34 line items of rods, tubes, plates, and welding supplies under a three-year contract not to exceed $855,000; a Local Small Business Preference and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Preference apply. Hillsborough County, Florida posted an ITB in August 2026 for mobile welding services with a three-year estimated value of $207,429.10, requiring on-site welding and fabrication at solid waste facilities, including consumption of steel plates, channels, angle iron, tubing, and pipe stock. Geographic activity in recent opportunities centers on California and Florida. One record tagged to this code (Texas Workforce Commission) describes IT infrastructure services unrelated to rod and welding consumables; the mismatch suggests tagging error rather than genuine scope for this Class code.