UNSPSC 39122113: Utility pole crossarm

A crossarm used to install or support electric wire on electric pole.

UNSPSC 39122113 Utility pole crossarm, a Commodity code, encompasses structural components and hardware state and local governments procure for electric utility infrastructure, telecommunications networks, and municipal streetlight systems. Recent solicitations show governments buying utility poles themselves—not crossarms—alongside related infrastructure such as pole-mounted attachments, streetlight fixtures, and associated hardware. The code appears in notices from electric cooperatives, municipal utilities, state transportation departments, and county governments seeking poles for distribution systems, transmission lines, street lighting, and joint-use networks that carry electric and telecommunications services. Work ranges from pole supply and inventory management to field audits confirming attachment accuracy against geospatial data.

Activity concentrates in Florida and the broader Southeast, with secondary activity in Texas, Wisconsin, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota. Sourcewell, the Minnesota-based cooperative purchasing vehicle, is aggregating pole demand across participating municipalities; Glades Electric Cooperative in Florida and the Orlando Utilities Commission each manage tens of thousands of poles requiring maintenance, inventory, or replacement; and the State of Oregon Department of Transportation and the City of College Station, Texas both have active solicitations. Recent opportunities include Sourcewell's RFP for utility poles (due June 3, 2026) establishing a multi-entity contracting solution; the City of Madison's RFQ for twelve 20-foot galvanized steel poles for street lighting (due March 10, 2026); the State of Oregon's invitation to bid for ductile iron or steel poles (due March 11, 2026); and the Orlando Utilities Commission's RFP for a comprehensive joint use and streetlight attachments inventory audit across approximately 90,000 poles (due December 4, 2025). The Horizon West Trail project in Orange County, Florida (due August 13, 2026), includes utility improvements but focuses primarily on pedestrian trail and boardwalk construction rather than pole procurement alone.