UNSPSC 31161610: Eye bolts

UNSPSC 31161610 Eye bolts, a Commodity code, shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal scope. The six recent opportunities in the source span transmission poles for utility storm hardening projects, inner rings for transit authority maintenance, traffic sign hardware for state transportation, electrical components and fasteners for municipal power utilities, law enforcement equipment cooperative purchasing, and water treatment plant construction—none of which center on eye bolts as a primary procured item. The few opportunities mentioning fasteners or hardware (the Illinois Department of Transportation District 1 traffic hardware IFB, Lubbock Power & Light's electrical components and materials quote, and the broader Sourcewell Law Enforcement Equipment RFP) treat eye bolts as incidental components rather than the focal product. Issuing bodies across these opportunities include utility authorities (Kissimmee Utility Authority, Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority, Lubbock Power & Light), state transportation and procurement offices (Illinois IDOT, Sourcewell on behalf of Minnesota local government units), and municipalities (City of Lavonia, Georgia). Geographic activity spans Florida, Texas, Illinois, and multi-state cooperative purchasing frameworks; the concentration reflects infrastructure and maintenance spending rather than a sustained market for eye bolts specifically.

Representative recent opportunities include Kissimmee Utility Authority's IFB 26-042-JG for tubular steel transmission poles (bids due August 11, 2026), which incorporates hardware as part of broader transmission structure procurement; Illinois IDOT's IFB 27-494 for District 1 traffic hardware (bids due October 20, 2026) with a 2% Business Enterprise Program goal; and Lubbock Power & Light's three-quote request 26-7017-ELD for electrical components and fasteners (quotes due October 5, 2026). The code does not report a viable pipeline of eye-bolt-specific solicitations. Firms evaluating this code should monitor whether state and local transportation, utility, and construction procurement develops a distinct, recurring demand for eye bolt hardware as a line-item commodity rather than as an embedded component in larger infrastructure projects.