UNSPSC 31381527: Plastic bonded injection molded coated isotropic samarium cobalt magnet

Injection molded isotropic samarium magnet that has been plastic bonded and coated

UNSPSC 31381527 Plastic bonded injection molded coated isotropic samarium cobalt magnet is a Commodity code that state and local governments tag to procurements for specialized magnets used in industrial equipment and infrastructure components. Recent solicitation activity under this code shows little alignment with the code's nominal scope — the sole recent opportunity posted is the City of Midland, Texas's March 2026 IFB for 71 fire hydrants (45 units of 4-foot, 20 units of 5-foot, and 6 units of 6-foot hydrants) for the U25-01 Fire Hydrant Replacement Project, which does not involve samarium cobalt magnets. The fire-hydrant procurement is a standard municipal utility infrastructure buy with no technical requirements for the specialized magnet materials the code describes, suggesting the code may have been misapplied to this solicitation or that the recent activity under this code is sparse and not representative of typical work in the category.

The geographic spread and issuing-body mix cannot be meaningfully characterized from the available data. The sole recent opportunity comes from the City of Midland (acting on behalf of Mason County) in Texas, with responses due April 9, 2026, through the Bonfire e-procurement system. The City reserved the right to award by item or total bid to the lowest responsible bidder or best-value vendor under Texas Local Government Code Section 252.043, and offered local-preference consideration under Section 271.9051 for bidders within five percent of the lowest non-local price. No set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises were designated. The mismatch between the code's technical scope and this procurement suggests practitioners should verify code assignments when evaluating opportunities under this category, as current activity may not reflect genuine demand for plastic bonded samarium cobalt magnets in state and local procurement.