UNSPSC 31162412: Clevis

UNSPSC 31162412 Clevis, a Commodity-tier code, nominally describes a single hardware component, but the recent state and local solicitations under this code show significant scope mismatch — the code is being applied to broad electrical equipment procurement and to badges, pins, and medals rather than to clevis pins or clevis-type fasteners specifically. The Lubbock Power & Light (Texas municipal utility) three-quote procurement of September 2026 requests 42 line items of electrical components including lugs, bolts, fasteners, ground rods, couplers, insulators, cables, and clamps, with quantities ranging from 2 to 2,100 units per item and FOB destination delivery to a substation in Lubbock. The City of Tucson badges and insignia procurement, posted in August 2026, seeks customizable breast badges, cap badges, medals, coins, and pins for fire, police, and emergency communications departments — a scope entirely orthogonal to the code's nominal definition. The issuing bodies mix municipal utilities and city public-safety procurement offices.

Geographic activity is limited to Texas and Arizona based on recent opportunities. The Lubbock Power & Light three-quote request closed October 5, 2026, with quotes to Quincy Gutierrez, emphasizing delivery speed as a selection factor and requiring ten-day quote firmness. The Tucson procurement, posted August 14, 2026, with proposals due September 17, 2025 (a date error in the source), includes a pre-submittal meeting on Teams and carries American Rescue Plan Act compliance and Section 3 employment requirements with 25 percent labor-hour benchmarks for low- and very low-income workers. The code shows minimal recent activity and significant semantic drift from its stated commodity definition; business development teams pursuing opportunities tagged to this code should verify actual scope alignment with clevis or fastener offerings before investing pre-bid effort.