UNSPSC 31162012: Survey nail

A marking device used in land surveying and topographic mapping to indicate specific elevation points. Commonly used with a theodolite.

UNSPSC 31162012 Survey nail (Commodity) shows minimal alignment between the code's nominal scope and the recent state and local procurement activity tagged to it. The four recent opportunities in the source—concrete sidewalk removal and replacement, bridge replacement, pedestrian improvements with sidewalk installation, and marine science center restroom construction—represent heavy civil, site, and building work with no explicit mention of survey nails or surveying materials. One outlier opportunity (Summit County, Utah's reconnaissance-level historic structure survey) involves actual surveying but focuses on documentation and data entry rather than survey equipment or supplies.

The issuing bodies span city development authorities, counties, and special-purpose municipalities across Florida, Georgia, Utah, and Wisconsin. Activity concentrates in Georgia (three opportunities: City of Fairburn pedestrian improvements, City of Tybee Island restrooms, and Summit County historic survey) and represents a mix of city planning departments, county transportation authorities, and municipal facilities management. Without explicit evidence that the code's nominal product—survey nails—is being procured in any of these solicitations, the code appears to have received mislabeling or administrative tagging that does not reflect actual procurement need. Bidders should verify with individual issuing bodies whether survey equipment or materials are genuinely required as line items or subcontracted services before allocating resources to pursue opportunities under this code.