UNSPSC 39121453: Crab joint

Power distribution blocks that have built in limiters. Power can be connected on one leg and distributed 3 ways, 5 ways or 7 ways.

UNSPSC 39121453 Crab joint is a Commodity code that does not reflect the actual scope of state and local procurement activity in the recent opportunities record. The opportunities posted under this code span electrical components, parts, supplies, and services — including traffic signal cables, ground clamps, connector bolts, plate yokes, theatrical lighting systems, on-call electrical maintenance, and broad-based electrical equipment catalogs — with no connection to the code's nominal product name. The issuing bodies include city transportation and energy departments (Austin), county governments (Harris County, DeKalb County, Galveston County, Portage County, Orange County), school districts (Pinellas County, Northside Independent School District, Gwinnett County), transit authorities (Dallas Area Rapid Transit, City Colleges of Chicago, Trinity Metro, Orange County Transportation Authority), and municipal utilities (Lubbock Power & Light). Texas jurisdictions dominate the recent activity, with secondary concentration in Florida (school district theater lighting and maintenance work), Georgia (DeKalb County, Columbus Consolidated Government), and scattered activity in Wisconsin, California, and Illinois.

Representative recent opportunities show the breadth of unrelated scope tagged to this code: the City of Austin Transportation & Public Works Department issued IFQ 6200 AJC1026 requesting various traffic signal cables (IFQ, quotes due October 23, 2026); Pinellas County School District issued 26CD037 for electrical maintenance and repair services at multiple facilities, estimated at $400,000 annually (sealed electronic bid, due October 8, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.); City Colleges of Chicago issued MWJ2606 for an Electrical Low Voltage Job Order Contract with IT/AV, security, and CCTV scope and a maximum contract value of $5 million (sealed bid, due October 21, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. CDT); and DeKalb County, Georgia issued ITB 2026-098 for on-call electrical services (ITB, bids due September 17, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.). The code shows significant recent activity but does not align with UNSPSC taxonomy intent — the posted opportunities are plainly electrical services and components, not crab joints, and the mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing bodies or a taxonomy error that undermines reliable opportunity tracking under this code.