UNSPSC 31161700: Nuts

UNSPSC 31161700 Nuts is a Class code that captures fastening hardware and component supplies, though recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code show minimal alignment with its nominal scope. The Orange County, California Public Works IFB for various metals and related hardware (due November 4, 2026) includes nuts among 34 line items of structural materials—steel, aluminum, stainless steel, and galvanized pipes, tubing, bars, sheet metal, strips, plates, and welding supplies—totaling an aggregate contract value not to exceed $855,000 with a three-year initial term. The California Department of General Services RFI for main line guardrails (due September 14, 2026) identifies nuts as one component within a broader scope of MASH and NCHRP 350 compliant crash-barrier systems, with an anticipated statewide contract valued at $5 million annually. Beyond these two opportunities, recent solicitations posted under this code—a California Department of Food and Agriculture RFQ for snowblowers and accessories (closed June 4, 2026) and a City of Lavonia, Georgia IFB for water treatment plant improvements (closed May 26, 2026)—contain no meaningful nuts procurement and appear misclassified.

Activity under this code concentrates in California, with Orange County and the state Department of General Services representing the primary recent issuers. The Orange County opportunity targets local and small business vendors within a thirty-mile radius of its Public Works facility, with delivery required within ten working days and mandatory inventory maintenance. The DGS RFI anticipates a statewide mandatory contract for Caltrans available to other state agencies, with delivery across 12 California districts from Eureka to Orange County. No other states show recent activity in this code; the Georgia water treatment plant solicitation does not procure nuts or fasteners. The narrow geographic footprint and sparse opportunity flow suggest limited current procurement velocity under this code.