UNSPSC 40174300: Pipe spacers

Pipe spacers are parts commonly used in the process and discrete industries

UNSPSC 40174300 Pipe spacers, a Class code, does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The eight most recent opportunities posted under or near this code solicited industrial pipe, water and sewer fittings, valves, and related appurtenances for infrastructure maintenance and replacement projects—not pipe spacers. The City of Phoenix Public Works Department, the City of Augusta Georgia, the Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority, and Santa Clara County Sanitation District No. 2-3 posted IFBs and ITBs for HDPE and PVC pipe, pipe fittings (couplings, wyes, elbows, tees, bends), quick-insertion valves, gate valves, and concrete sewer and water mainline materials. These are consumable inventory supplies and infrastructure components, procured on as-needed or annual-contract bases with firm pricing over one- to three-year terms, rather than specialized spacer hardware. The code's nominal scope does not capture the actual category of goods being bought.

Recent opportunities cluster in Arizona, Georgia, California, and Florida. The City of Phoenix Aviation Department has posted two successive IFBs (IFB 26-SW-0379 in August 2026 and IFB 27-SW-0447 in September 2026) for industrial pipe and miscellaneous fittings covering three Phoenix airports, each seeking three-year awards with two optional one-year extensions beginning December 1, 2026, with 24- to 48-hour delivery windows and DBE-N compliance under 49 CFR Part 26. The City of Augusta (ITB 27-116, due September 29, 2026) and Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority (IFB 327, due October 7, 2026) sought HDPE pipe ranging 6 to 36 inches in diameter, couplings, and end sections for sewer and drainage maintenance on annual or five-year contracts with no minimum-order requirements and 60-day delivery windows. Santa Clara County Sanitation District No. 2-3 (ITB due September 17, 2026) bid removal and replacement of vitrified clay and cast-iron sewer main with PVC SDR26 and HDPE at multiple diameters, along with service-connection wyes and PVC laterals. DeKalb County, Georgia solicited quick-insertion valves and tapping sleeves for a three-year multiyear contract (ITB 2026-034-ITB, due August 27, 2026). Bidders face state work-authorization requirements (E-Verify, Georgia Security and Immigration Subcontractor Affidavits), local-preference windows in some jurisdictions, and MBE/WBE participation goals or DBE-N compliance depending on funding source.