UNSPSC 40171505: Commercial high yield steel pipe

Pipe with a pressure rating of 2500 psi or less made of high yield steel

UNSPSC 40171505 Commercial high yield steel pipe (Commodity) describes industrial piping systems and component materials that state and local governments procure for infrastructure maintenance, utility operations, and facility construction—though recent solicitations under this code show a mismatch between the nominal scope and actual buying activity. The City of Phoenix Public Works Department has posted two separate IFBs (IFB26SW0379 in August and IFB27SW0447 in September 2026) soliciting High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) pipe and Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) pipe with fittings, not steel pipe, for three-year supply agreements serving Phoenix's aviation department facilities. Similarly, the City of Augusta, Georgia issued an ITB (27-116, September 2026) for HDPE pipe, couplings, and end sections for stormwater and drainage applications. The City of Lawrenceville, Georgia solicited natural gas pipe materials for a DOT project (June 2026), and the City of Palm Bay, Florida issued bids for outfall pipe replacement along the I-95 corridor (June 2026). Other recent opportunities tagged to this code—including mobile welding services (Hillsborough County), general steel procurement (State of California), bridge replacement (Orange County, Florida), and waste-to-energy facility construction (Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County)—fall outside the commercial steel pipe commodity scope.

The issuing bodies are primarily municipalities (Phoenix, Augusta, Lawrenceville, Palm Bay) and county governments (Orange County, Hillsborough County), with occasional state-level buyers and special-purpose authorities. Geographic activity clusters in Florida (Palm Bay, Orange County, Broward County) and Georgia (Augusta, Lawrenceville, Lavonia), with notable recent activity in Arizona (Phoenix). The code shows sparse alignment with its nominal steel-pipe scope; recent state and local procurement under this tag emphasizes HDPE and PVC piping for drainage, utility, and infrastructure maintenance, not commercial high-yield steel pipe. Vendors targeting this code should verify actual material specifications in each solicitation rather than relying on the commodity title, as the practical demand diverges significantly from the code's name.