UNSPSC 39131718: Electrical conduit nipple

A connector used to couple boxes or housings with conduit through knockouts.

UNSPSC 39131718 Electrical conduit nipple, a Commodity code, sees limited recent state and local procurement activity grounded in actual buy patterns. The recent solicitations tagged with this code span much broader electrical equipment and infrastructure work—from school district electrical supplies programs, to large transit authority systems maintenance, to water utility feeder construction—suggesting the code may be applied loosely or bundled within category-level electrical procurements rather than sought as a discrete commodity. The one clearly relevant opportunity is the Kansas Turnpike Authority's May 2026 solicitation for 337,920 linear feet of color-coded Dura-Line conduit (1-1/2-inch diameter, green, orange, and black/red), a high-volume material purchase with strict pre-approved manufacturer specs and a four-day response window (bid due May 16, 2026). Beyond that single concrete fit, most tagged opportunities—Northside Independent School District's electrical equipment/parts/supplies IFB, Pinellas County School District's 27-category electrical supplies procurement, Orange County Transportation Authority's industrial electrical supplies RFQ, and others—treat electrical conduit nipples as line items within broader supply frameworks rather than stand-alone procurements.

Issuing bodies are school districts (Northside ISD, Pinellas County Schools), transit authorities (Kansas Turnpike Authority, Orange County Transportation Authority, Jacksonville Transportation Authority), special-purpose utilities (Florida Keys Electric Cooperative), cities (Phoenix, Orange County Florida, Sandy Springs Georgia), and state departments (Texas DPS, Georgia). Geographic activity centers on Texas, Florida, Kansas, and Georgia, with additional scattered activity in Minnesota (Sourcewell cooperative serving national participation). Northside ISD (San Antonio) has renewed its electrical equipment contract (IFB 2025-100 expiring August 31, 2026, replaced by IFB2026098 with July 1, 2026 bid due), and Pinellas County School District similarly rebid its electrical supplies portfolio (ITB 26-AM-008, March 27, 2026 deadline, approximately $950,000 annually). The Kansas Turnpike Authority opportunity stands out as the highest-specificity match: a sealed-bid purchase of specified conduit quantities with manufacturer pre-approval requirements, posted May 12, 2026, due May 16, 2026. Most school district and municipal electrical supplies solicitations are broad-category procurements using cooperative pricing models (Tra-Ser SX, Sourcewell), cost-plus-discount evaluation, and multi-year terms with renewal options, making individual commodity-level competition difficult to isolate.