UNSPSC 40172802: Carbon steel pipe elbow

Pipe elbow made of carbon steel

UNSPSC 40172802 Carbon steel pipe elbow is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity covers welding and fabrication services—particularly portable and shop welding, metal fabrication, repairs to steel components, and associated labor and materials—rather than the procurement of pipe elbows themselves as discrete goods. Broward County Water and Wastewater Services and Santa Clara County are the issuing bodies represented in the recent opportunities block. The Broward solicitation emphasizes on-site and in-shop labor for water treatment and wastewater infrastructure, including welding to vaults, replacement of access hatches and panels, and repairs to tanks, columns, beams, and safety railings, with hourly rate compensation structures and pass-through allowance categories for materials and subcontractor services. The Santa Clara opportunity, by contrast, is a pavement rehabilitation project that does not align with the code's nominal scope and shows the mismatch between code assignment and actual work being bought. The code appears to see limited relevant recent activity in state and local procurement.

Broward County posted the only substantially aligned opportunity: Welding and Fabrication Services (Solicitation OPN2131884B2), an open-end contract with proposals due July 1, 2026, issued as an RFP. The contract runs two years from award or July 1, 2026, with three optional one-year renewals, and carries SBE and CBE procurement preferences. Broward requires AWS Welders Certification and Miscellaneous Metals Certification; General Liability and Workers' Compensation insurance minimums; and performance and payment bonds at 100 percent of expected annual contract amount if labor exceeds $200,000. The initial contract period permits no price increases; renewal increases are capped at CPI or PPI differentials. Santa Clara County's Central Expressway Pavement Rehabilitation Project (ITBRDAFY260694), due May 21, 2026, as an ITB, does not involve carbon steel pipe elbows or welding fabrication services and represents a tagging mismatch rather than demand under this code. Geographic activity is limited to Florida and California in the recent records.