UNSPSC 31401702: Plastic stamped gasket

Gasket produced by forming and cutting various plastics to achieve desired profile and perimeter shapes

UNSPSC 31401702 Plastic stamped gasket is a Commodity code that encompasses sealing components for piping systems, industrial equipment, and utility infrastructure — gaskets, o-rings, and sealed joints that state and local water departments, municipalities, and facilities managers procure as inventory maintenance supplies and for capital repair projects. Recent solicitations under this code reflect a mismatch between the nominal category and actual procurement patterns. The City of Tampa, Florida posted an RFQ on June 29, 2026 (due June 26, 2026) for ten 16-inch field locking gaskets made of EPDM material for use on 16-inch American ductile iron pipe for the Water Department. That opportunity aligns directly with the code scope. However, the remaining recent opportunities in the dataset — facilities maintenance services in Georgia, multi-state law enforcement equipment cooperative procurement through Sourcewell, public school restroom construction, and various plumbing supply and services contracts — do not involve plastic stamped gaskets and appear to have been tagged to this code in error or through broad keyword matching on "gasket" or "sealing" terminology that extends far beyond the commodity's actual scope.

No clear pattern of repeat issuing bodies, geographic concentration, or sustained purchasing activity emerges from the source material. The single relevant opportunity cited (Tampa's 16-inch locking gaskets for water infrastructure) indicates that municipalities and water utilities do buy this commodity when they maintain or repair pressurized piping systems, but the dataset contains insufficient recent activity to characterize market concentration, frequency of solicitation, or regional buying patterns. The code shows minimal actionable procurement signal; firms pursuing state and local work in this category should monitor water department and public works agency solicitations directly rather than relying on broad UNSPSC tagging.