UNSPSC 31161641: Taper shank bolt

A bolt with a tapered shank and flush or protruding head that uses an interference fit to perform self-locking and perhaps self-sealing functions.

UNSPSC 31161641 Taper shank bolt, a Commodity code, sees minimal recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope—fasteners for industrial maintenance and assembly—does not map to actionable recent opportunities in the dataset. While state and local governments solicit fasteners and bolts broadly under higher-tier codes (particularly MRO supply blankets), the specific taper shank bolt commodity does not appear as a stand-alone line item in posted solicitations. Recent activity under related fastener codes shows Orange County Transportation Authority bidding threaded products and fasteners (IFB 250199, due March 16, 2026) and the City of Dallas requesting fastening, packaging, and strapping supplies (IFB IFSDWUB1200050, due June 25, 2026), but neither explicitly isolates taper shank bolts as a distinct deliverable. The City of Milpitas (IFB 26-229, due July 23, 2026) and City of Tucson (RFP 240078, due March 28, 2024) both solicit broad MRO catalogs that may include bolts and fasteners as subordinate line items within larger supply agreements, but the code itself does not drive standalone procurement.

Geographic activity is spread across California (Milpitas, Orange County, San Mateo), Arizona (Tucson), Texas (Dallas, Harris County), and Florida (Clay County, Palm Bay), but no state or jurisdiction emerges as a concentrated buyer of taper shank bolts specifically. Issuing bodies span city procurement departments, county transportation authorities, and municipal utilities. Without a recent standalone RFP, RFQ, IFB, or ITB explicitly naming taper shank bolts as a commodity, the code signals low current pursuit opportunity. Vendors positioned in fastener distribution should monitor broader MRO consolidation contracts and cooperative purchasing vehicles where bolt SKUs may be embedded, rather than expect direct commodity-level solicitations under this code.