UNSPSC 31152203: Stainless steel wire

A steel wire given corrosion resistance by adding 12 percent more chromium. It resists rust because of the passivity film of chromium oxide under the oxidative atmosphere.

UNSPSC 31152203 Stainless steel wire (Commodity) does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The single indexed opportunity tagged to this code — Sourcewell's RFP #061626 for Law Enforcement Equipment, due June 16, 2026 — is a cooperative purchasing vehicle soliciting bundled law enforcement gear (uniforms, protective equipment, duty gear) for thousands of governmental agencies, K-12 districts, higher education institutions, and public entities across the United States and Canada. The procurement scope bears no relationship to stainless steel wire as a material input or finished product. The mismatch suggests either miscoding in the source system or misalignment between the nominal commodity code and the work Sourcewell is actually buying.

Without additional opportunities tied to the code's stated scope, the geographic spread and issuing-body footprint cannot be characterized from recent solicitations. Sourcewell itself is a Minnesota-based local government unit and service cooperative administering the indexed opportunity on behalf of participating entities including Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, and Yakima Counties in Washington, plus numerous other jurisdictions nationwide. The code shows no recent activity among state departments, county road or water authorities, municipal utilities, or school districts procuring stainless steel wire as a direct commodity. Firms pursuing this code should verify current demand signals through state purchasing consortia, cooperative-purchasing vehicles, and infrastructure-focused solicitation channels before committing development resources.