UNSPSC 40142700: Miscellaneous pipe fittings

Miscellaneous pipe fittings refers to a broad category of pipe fittings that do not fall under a specific type or material category. They are defined as the piping components that help in pipe routing for directional changes, size changes, and branch connections.

UNSPSC 40142700 Miscellaneous pipe fittings, a Class code, encompasses supply of industrial pipe fittings and related infrastructure components that state and local governments procure for water, sewer, and stormwater utility operations. The recent activity shows municipalities and water districts sourcing HDPE and PVC pipe fittings, ductile iron fittings and valves, PVC and ductile iron sewer fittings, and miscellaneous appurtenances for system construction, maintenance, and replacement projects. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code include city water utilities, county utilities divisions, water districts, county transportation departments, and school districts, with notable repeat activity from Orange County, Florida and the City of Phoenix.

Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Public Works Department's IFB 26-SW-0379 for supply of industrial pipe, miscellaneous fittings, and equipment (elbows, couplings, glue, hand tools in HDPE 1.5–24 inches and PVC 0.75–4 inches diameter) with a three-year term and two one-year extensions, sealed offers due August 12, 2026; the City of Sarasota's ITB #26-31JS for pipe, fittings, and appurtenances conforming to its Potable Water Approved Material List for the Small AC Water Main Replacement project, materials-only bids with ninety-day delivery to city utilities; and the Oregon Department of Transportation's ITB S-73000-00017088 for ductile iron pipe fittings and valves (butterfly valves, blind flanges, couplings, reducers, tees, crosses in 12–36 inch diameters, hot-dip galvanized) for the Center Street Bridge Project waterline in Salem, bids due July 13, 2026. Geographic concentration spans Florida (Orange County, City of Phoenix, City of Sarasota, City of Palm Bay), Oregon, and Texas, with occasional activity in Connecticut and California. Most opportunities are priced as percentage discounts from manufacturer list or firm fixed-price, with contract terms of one to five years; American Iron and Steel and Buy America compliance requirements are common on federally funded or state-match projects.