UNSPSC 40171523: Commercial tin pipe

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

UNSPSC 40171523 Commercial tin pipe is a Commodity code that is not appearing in recent state and local procurements with material relevance to its nominal scope. The recent opportunities tagged under this code predominantly solicit industrial pipe, water mains, wastewater piping, stormwater infrastructure, and structural metals—including ductile iron pipe, PVC, HDPE, and reinforcing steel—but do not feature tin pipe as a specified material. The City of Phoenix Public Works Department's IFB 26-SW-0379 (closed August 12, 2026) calls for HDPE and PVC pipe with fittings and hand tools; Collier County's bid for SCRWTP lime softening improvements (Bid 26-8683, closed July 15, 2026) specifies ductile iron pipe and Schedule 80 CPVC; and the City of Palm Bay's I-95 Outfall Pipe Replacement project (ITB #41-ITB-26, closed July 14, 2026) addresses stormwater outfall piping under Florida Environmental Protection permits. The Fort Worth RFP 26-0222 for metals procurement (closed July 23, 2026) targets aluminum, iron, rebar, and steel materials, not tin. Collier County's Naples Park utilities renewal project (Bid 268647, closed May 15, 2026), valued at $17.8 million, calls for replacement of asbestos concrete water mains, PVC gravity and force mains, and stormwater piping in 15-inch, 18-inch, and 24-inch sizes—again, no tin pipe component.

The issuing bodies include municipal public works departments (City of Phoenix, City of Fort Worth), county water and stormwater authorities (Collier County, Orange County), transit-related entities (City of Palm Bay), and a county transportation network (Santa Clara County). Recent activity concentrates in Florida, Arizona, and Texas, with secondary activity in California. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual materials being solicited suggests that state and local procurement offices may be tagging diverse pipe and fitting work under this Commodity code regardless of material composition, or that tin pipe holds negligible volume in state and local water, wastewater, and infrastructure markets. No active tin-pipe-specific solicitations appear in the recent-opportunities block. A business pursuing this code should verify whether state and local procurement databases are systematically miscoding these opportunities or whether tin pipe demand in the state and local market is too low to support a focused pursuit strategy under this code.