UNSPSC 31161702: Bearing nuts

UNSPSC 31161702 Bearing nuts is a Commodity code that nominally covers discrete fastening components, yet the most recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows little alignment with bearing-nut acquisitions. The single recent opportunity posted under this code—the City of Lavonia, Georgia water treatment plant improvements project—is a comprehensive municipal infrastructure construction effort spanning facility capacity upgrades, pump station modifications, filtration system renovations, and chemical feed system installations, with no evident bearing-nut procurement component. This mismatch suggests either a data-classification error in the opportunity posting or that bearing nuts are incidental materials within a much broader construction scope that should have been coded to a higher-tier construction or infrastructure category.

The Lavonia opportunity, posted April 24, 2026, with a sealed-bid deadline of May 26, 2026, is the only recent activity visible under this code. The work is solicited by the City of Lavonia operating under Fayette County jurisdiction in Georgia, with pre-bid conference and written question deadlines in early May 2026. Contractors must hold a Georgia Utility Contractor license, employ a certified Utility Manager, and comply with Davis-Bacon prevailing wage standards and Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act sourcing requirements. The project includes 4.0% DBE participation goals for minority-owned and women-owned businesses. Given the absence of other recent opportunities and the disconnect between the code's stated scope and the actual work being procured, this code should be monitored for reclassification or for future bearing-nut-specific opportunities, but the current signal does not support active pursuit under the nominal commodity definition.