UNSPSC 39131719: Electrical metallic tubing EMT

A non-threaded tubular electrical piping system used for protection and routing of electrical wiring.

UNSPSC 39131719 Electrical metallic tubing EMT, a Commodity code, nominally covers tubing products for electrical applications, but recent state and local procurement activity shows no substantive alignment with the code's scope. The two most recent opportunities tagged under this code—Santa Clara County's Central Expressway Pavement Rehabilitation Project and Gwinnett County's stormwater pipe procurement—involve civil infrastructure materials (asphalt, concrete, corrugated metal pipe, and polyethylene pipe) rather than electrical metallic tubing for conduit or related electrical systems. Neither solicitation describes work that falls within the electrical metallic tubing category as typically defined. The mismatch between the code's nominal focus and the actual scope of recent opportunities suggests either a miscoding issue in the jurisdictions' procurement databases or that this code sees minimal relevant activity in the state and local market.

Given the absence of solicitations genuinely seeking electrical metallic tubing products, practitioners should not rely on this code as a signal of current demand. The source provides no evidence of active procurement for EMT under this code across state and local agencies, nor does it identify the jurisdictions or geographic regions where authentic demand for this commodity exists.