UNSPSC 40173601: Brass pipe reducing coupling

Pipe reducing coupling made of brass

UNSPSC 40173601 Brass pipe reducing coupling is a Commodity code that represents a narrow product category within water infrastructure and utility operations. Recent state and local solicitations tagging this code, however, show little direct demand for brass reducing couplings as discrete line items. The Commodity appears in procurement environments where water utilities, county utility authorities, and municipalities source materials for water system maintenance, meter assembly, and piping projects, but the code has not surfaced as a primary focus in posted opportunities. Instead, state and local buyers are requesting comprehensive material packages for water and sewer operations, pavement rehabilitation, and utility upgrades that may incidentally include brass fittings as components of larger assemblies or kits. Issuing bodies include water utilities (City of Phoenix Water Services Department, Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources), county utility authorities (Jackson County Utility Authority in Mississippi), municipalities with water systems (City of Phoenix, Volusia County, Franklin County), and special-purpose purchasing cooperatives (Berkshire Regional Group Purchasing Program in Massachusetts). The code shows nominal presence in recent procurement activity; no opportunity explicitly lists brass reducing couplings as a primary deliverable.

Geographic activity centers on the Southwest (Arizona, California), the Southeast (Georgia, Florida, Mississippi), and isolated New England purchasing (Massachusetts). Representative recent opportunities include the Jackson County Utility Authority's RFQ for materials for the South Central Septic Abatement Project with a response deadline of July 8, 2026, the City of Phoenix Water Services Department's IFB for water pipe and miscellaneous fittings (IFB-26-0217) due February 19, 2026, and Volusia County's IFB for materials for water and sewer operations due February 20, 2026. These procurements specify compliance with American Water Works Association and ANSI standards and typically require new, first-use materials with American-made preference where applicable. The narrow visibility of the brass reducing coupling code suggests either reclassification of these materials under broader pipe-fitting codes or consolidation into larger supply contracts where brass components are subsumed into composite line-item descriptions.