UNSPSC 31171900: Sprockets

UNSPSC 31171900 Sprockets (Class) covers the procurement of mechanical power-transmission components, but the recent state and local opportunities show a mismatch with the code's nominal scope. The three opportunities most directly tagged to the code are an Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife solicitation for fish screen sprockets (OregonBuys S6350000017471, RFQ, due July 23, 2026), a Gwinnett County purchase of polymeric chains labeled as sprockets (IWQ 133561, due August 5, 2026), and a Hillsborough County ITQ for Dodge taper bushed reducer gearboxes and bushing kits (ITQ2600239, due May 8, 2026, estimated $30,400.00). The remaining two opportunities in the block—a City of Madison commissioning-authority RFP for a LEED golf clubhouse project and a DeKalb County ITB for IT and low-voltage infrastructure—are unrelated to sprockets or sprocket-adjacent mechanical equipment and appear to have been tagged to this code in error. State and local demand under the code appears limited and specialized, concentrated in industrial water-treatment and fish-screen applications rather than broad-based procurement activity.

The code shows recent activity in Oregon and Georgia. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife posted two intermediate procurements for fish screen components within two months (June and July 2026), both awarded via purchase order with no protest rights. Gwinnett County (Georgia) and Hillsborough County (Florida) each issued a single quotation vehicle for specific mechanical equipment in the past four months. No standout repeat buyers emerge from the block, and no geographic concentration across multiple states is evident. The activity pattern suggests episodic, project-specific demand driven by water treatment and natural-resource management operations rather than sustained procurement pipeline.