UNSPSC 31351101: Aluminum ultra violet welded tube assemblies

UNSPSC 31351101 Aluminum ultra violet welded tube assemblies is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local procurement activity tagged with this code shows minimal relevance to its nominal scope. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued IFB IW257847 on July 9, 2026, for raw materials—aluminum tubing with proposals due July 24, 2026—through its Bonfire procurement portal, though the solicitation summary does not specify gauge, alloy, diameter, wall thickness, length, or application. The State of Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services issued RFQ 29B 26022400000000000207 on March 23, 2026, for virgin aluminum substrate material (Alloy 3003-H12, Gauge 20, coiled rolls) for reflectorized motor vehicle license plates, with quotations due April 3, 2026, through the AdvantageME Vendor Self Service system; delivery was required to the State Plate Shop at 444 Cushing Road, Warren, Maine. The remaining recent opportunities in the dataset—including construction repair projects in Georgia and Texas, sign blanks in Florida, and design services in Indiana—do not align with ultraviolet welded tube assemblies and appear to be miscoded.

Geographic activity is concentrated in Texas and Maine based on the recent solicitations; however, the mismatch between the code's technical definition and the actual goods being purchased suggests either systematic miscoding or that state procurement offices are using this commodity code as a catch-all for aluminum materials broadly rather than for precision-welded assemblies. Bidders should verify whether opportunities tagged with this code actually require ultraviolet welding or finished tube assemblies before investing proposal effort, as the posted solicitations do not detail the weld specification or finished-product requirements that would distinguish this code from generic raw-aluminum procurement.