UNSPSC 39101615: Mercury vapor lamp HID

UNSPSC 39101615 Mercury vapor lamp HID is a Commodity code that nominally covers high-intensity discharge mercury vapor lamps, but recent state and local opportunities show minimal direct purchasing activity under this code's stated scope. Instead, the opportunities posted under this code reveal a substantial mismatch: Broward County's September 2026 IFB for Phoenix LED Floodlights seeks 281 units of LED lighting equipment for Port Everglades Ship-to-Shore Cranes—a clear shift toward LED technology rather than mercury vapor. Parkway School District's July 2026 bid for LED Lighting on an as-needed basis (estimated $35,000 annual spend) and Northside Independent School District's June 2026 IFB for general electrical equipment, parts, and supplies further underscore that lighting procurement across school districts and port authorities is trending toward LED rather than mercury vapor. The City of Tucson's July 2026 RFP for mercury waste recycling is the only opportunity directly addressing mercury-containing items, but it frames these as hazardous waste to be collected, recycled, or disposed of—not as products to be supplied for ongoing use. Illinois's ALPLM June 2026 solicitation for LED bulbs and Sourcewell's law enforcement equipment cooperative purchasing vehicle, while broadly relevant to lighting and equipment procurement, contain insufficient detail to confirm mercury vapor lamp activity.

The recent opportunities demonstrate that state and local procurement under this code is negligible and shifting decisively away from mercury vapor technology. Broward County in Florida, Parkway School District (location unstated), Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas, the City of Tucson in Arizona, Illinois, and Washington state counties (via Sourcewell) all appear in the recent record, but none are actively sourcing mercury vapor lamps for supply or installation. The code's nominal scope does not align with what state and local governments are actually buying today; procurement activity under this taxonomy marker reflects either legacy categorization or data-entry inconsistency rather than a viable market segment for mercury vapor lamp supply.