UNSPSC 40171508: Commercial brass pipe

Pipe with a pressure rating of 2500 psi or less made of brass

UNSPSC 40171508 Commercial brass pipe (Commodity) does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The eight opportunities posted between February and July 2026 show water utilities and municipalities soliciting industrial pipe, sewer pipes and fittings, copper tubing, and stormwater infrastructure replacement—but none specify brass pipe as the primary procurement object. The City of Phoenix Water Services Department (IFB260217, due February 19, 2026) and Orange County, Florida (Y26-126, due January 22, 2026) both solicited water distribution components including bushings, couplings, elbows, meter stops, and other fittings under broad "water pipe and miscellaneous fittings" categories; the Phoenix Public Works Department (IFB26SW0379, due August 12, 2026) sought HDPE and PVC pipe with fittings on an as-needed basis. None of these solicitations name brass pipe or copper alloy piping as line items or performance specifications, and the copper tubing procurement from Alameda County Water District (IFB252636, due April 27, 2026) specified Cambridge-Lee Industries copper tubing for specialty applications, not brass pipe.

The issuing bodies active in the pipe-and-fittings space include municipal water and public works departments (Phoenix, Orange County, Palm Bay, Pasco County, Fremont), county utilities (Barnwell County, South Carolina), and transit-adjacent agencies. Geographic activity centers on Florida (Orange County, Palm Bay, Pasco County), California (Santa Clara County, Alameda County), Arizona (Phoenix), and isolated activity in South Carolina and Texas. Brass pipe as a distinct commodity—typically reserved for corrosion-resistant, specialty applications in potable water or HVAC systems—does not surface as a current procurement need in the available sample. Firms pursuing this code should monitor for utility system modernization and corrosion mitigation projects where brass alloy piping specifications may emerge, but the current market signal from state and local RFPs and IFBs is weak.