UNSPSC 30240000: Portable Structure Building Components

Construction components specific to portable structures which are built to be set up and taken apart often, such as steel frames (for tents, stages, grandstands, etc.), special trusses and rigging equipment, canvas sections for tents, stage covers or other membrane structures; stage floor panels, dance floors, etc.

UNSPSC 30240000 Portable Structure Building Components, Family, covers the procurement of modular and prefabricated building units and structural elements that state and local governments source for temporary or semi-permanent deployment. Recent solicitations show districts and counties buying modular classrooms, portable first-aid stations, storage buildings, and pre-engineered metal building (PEMB) structures for facilities ranging from schools to fairgrounds to landfill maintenance bays. The work is split between direct purchase of existing or new modular units and turnkey installation and site preparation, often coupled with utility connections, permitting, and finishing work. Issuing bodies span school districts (Jordan School District in Utah, Powell Butte Community School in Oregon), county governments (Clay County, Florida; White County, Georgia; Volusia County, Florida), and special-purpose entities (Claratel Behavioral Health in Georgia). A handful of repeat buyers emerge: Utah state purchasing (construction management and storage building RFPs), Colorado mental health facilities (duress alarm system infrastructure not strictly portable structures but tagged to the code), and multiple Florida county commissioners (fairground and landfill facilities).

Activity concentrates in the Southwest and Southeast, with Utah, Colorado, Florida, and Georgia showing the most recent postings. Representative opportunities include Powell Butte Community School's May 2026 RFQ for purchase of an existing or new modular building (due June 3, 2026), Clay County's February 2026 RFQ for a 14' × 24' first-aid steel building at the fairgrounds (due February 26, 2026), and White County Georgia's April 2026 RFP for a 35' × 100' × 16' steel frame storage building with six roll-up doors and turnkey permitting and site prep (due May 28, 2026). The code also surfaces tangentially in infrastructure projects where portable or modular components are substrates (such as the Volusia County pre-engineered metal building canopy at Tomoka Farms Landfill), but the primary market signal is school districts and local government facilities procurement of off-the-shelf modular units with installation and finishing services bundled in.