UNSPSC 31201535: Cable splicing tape

Tape used to repair cable used in undergroud mining. Must be approved for use in application.

UNSPSC 31201535 Cable splicing tape is a Commodity code that maps to electrical supplies procurement but shows minimal recent state and local activity specifically for this product. The recent opportunities in the source are dominated by broader electrical services, infrastructure upgrades, and general electrical parts procurement — work that may incidentally include cable splicing tape as a line item within larger scopes but does not target it as a primary deliverable. The City of Palo Alto's Utilities Electric Department has posted multiple RFQs (197055, 197687, 198005, 198238) for assorted electrical parts and supplies over the past six months, and these typically enumerate dozens of line items including wire, connectors, fuses, clamps, and related hardware; cable splicing tape could reasonably appear in those item lists, but the solicitation notices do not isolate it or emphasize it. Similarly, Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative's catalog discount bid for electrical supplies (ELEC2628, estimated value $4.85 million over two years) may include splicing tape, but the notice does not call it out separately. Issuing bodies across the source include municipal utilities departments (Palo Alto), school districts (Pinellas County, Northside Independent School District), counties (Harris, DeKalb), special-purpose districts (City Colleges of Chicago), and transit or airport authorities (City Colleges of Chicago, Greater Orlando Aviation Authority), indicating a fragmented buyer base across jurisdictions and service types.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas (Harris County Precinct 3, DeKalb County Georgia, Northside Independent School District in San Antonio), Florida (Pinellas County School District, Greater Orlando Aviation Authority), and California (City of Palo Alto), with additional activity in Illinois (City Colleges of Chicago) and Connecticut (Town of Berlin). No recent solicitation explicitly names cable splicing tape as a standalone deliverable or focuses procurement activity on it; the code appears underutilized or conflated with broader electrical supplies categories in state and local practice. Procurement professionals pursuing this code should expect to compete primarily on bundled electrical supplies bids where splicing tape is a minor line item rather than through dedicated RFQs for the product itself. Activity is sporadic and lacks a clear pattern of repeat buyers or established contract vehicles anchored to this specific commodity.