UNSPSC 31163227: Flinger

A ring which is either machined around a shaft or fixed on it.

UNSPSC 31163227 Flinger, a Commodity code, covers specialized electrical and safety equipment components that state and local governments procure as discrete hardware and accessories — lugs, bolts, fasteners, insulators, cables, clamps, ground rods, and insignia such as badges, pins, medals, and coins. The issuing bodies are chiefly municipal utilities and city public safety departments (fire, police, communications) seeking competitive quotes or proposals to establish standing contracts for operational and ceremonial use. The work reflects replacement and replenishment procurement rather than capital infrastructure, with vendors competing on price, delivery speed, customization capability, and compliance with local procurement rules including federal funding restrictions (ARPA compliance, Section 3 employment benchmarking, domestic-content preferences) when applicable.

Recent activity spans Texas and Arizona. Lubbock Power & Light posted a three-quote RFQ on September 28, 2026, with responses due October 5, 2026, requesting 42 line items of electrical components (lugs, bolts, fasteners, ground rods, couplers, insulators, cables, clamps) for delivery FOB destination to the Erskine Substation; the utility reserves the right to award on an item-by-item or all-or-none basis, with delivery time as a deciding factor and pricing firmness required for a minimum of ten days. The City of Tucson released a competitive RFP on August 14, 2026, with a pre-submittal meeting scheduled for September 3, 2025, and proposals due September 17, 2025, to establish an initial one-year contract (with up to four optional renewals) for badges, pins, medals, coins, and accessories for the Fire Department, Police Department, and Public Safety Communications Department, with ARPA compliance and Section 3 labor requirements (25% of labor hours for Section 3 workers, 5% for Targeted Section 3 workers). The code shows limited recent activity; opportunities appear episodic and geographically dispersed rather than clustered.