UNSPSC 40142508: Basket strainer

UNSPSC 40142508 Basket strainer is a Commodity code that captures plumbing and drainage system components purchased by state and local governments for facility maintenance and repair work. Basket strainers themselves—removable screens that prevent debris from clogging drain lines in steam systems, condensate return systems, and general building drainage—represent one element of the broader industrial piping and mechanical systems market state and local bodies maintain. The code encompasses strainer hardware commonly specified as part of as-needed repair, replacement, and preventive maintenance contracts rather than as standalone component purchases; they are typically bundled into larger facilities services or mechanical systems overhaul scopes where the issuing body procures all labor, equipment, tools, materials, and supplies from a single contractor. Solicitations under this code come primarily from county facilities and fleet departments, county health systems, and municipal public works agencies responsible for steam plants, chilled-water loops, and condensate recovery systems.

The most recent activity under the code includes Santa Clara County Procurement Department's June 2026 ITB (ITB-PRC-FY26-0708) for as-needed steam and condensate systems repairs services across multiple county facilities and the County of Santa Clara Health System, valued at $5.4 million with a June 15, 2026 response deadline. This solicitation, structured as an as-needed contract with additive bid items and subject to prevailing-wage requirements, is representative of how basket strainers and related strainer components are procured—embedded within comprehensive mechanical systems maintenance and repair vehicles rather than as discrete parts requisitions. Geographic concentration appears limited to California based on the single identified opportunity, though the source provides insufficient data to characterize broader state and regional distribution of activity under this code.