UNSPSC 40183110: Tube connector

UNSPSC 40183110 Tube connector is a Commodity code covering pipe fittings and connectors—elbows, couplings, wyes, tees, and quick-insertion valves—that state and local governments procure as components of water, sewer, and stormwater infrastructure maintenance and capital projects. Recent solicitations show that these fittings are purchased both as standalone inventory supplies on recurring, as-needed bases and as line items within larger pipe-replacement and system-rehabilitation contracts. The issuing bodies are primarily municipal water and sewer utilities, county sanitation districts, and public works departments; water and sewer authorities appear as repeat buyers. City of Phoenix Public Works posted two industrial-pipe-and-fittings solicitations (IFB 27-SW-0447 in September 2026 and IFB 26-SW-0379 in August 2026), both three-year term contracts for HDPE and PVC pipe and applicable fittings supplied on an as-needed basis with 24- to 48-hour delivery windows. The Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority (Georgia) solicited water and sewer pipe fittings and related inventory materials under IFB 327 (response due October 7, 2026); the City of Augusta, Georgia requested HDPE couplings, wyes, tees, and cross-tee couplings for drain installation under ITB 27-116 (response due September 29, 2026). The County of DeKalb, Georgia issued ITB 2026-034-ITB for quick insertion valves and tapping sleeves on a three-year multiyear contract (response due August 27, 2026).

Activity is concentrated in the Southeast—Georgia (Augusta, Douglasville, DeKalb, Lavonia, Calhoun), Florida (Sarasota, Palm Bay, Orange County), and Arizona (Phoenix)—with additional work in California (Santa Clara County). The work spans routine supply contracts for municipal inventory and materials-only bids embedded in capital projects such as water main relocation, sewer mainline rehabilitation with wyes and service lateral fittings, and stormwater outfall pipe replacement. Many contracts carry DBE, MBE, or WBE participation goals or compliance requirements under federal transit or environmental funding. Delivery, inventory maintenance, and responsiveness to emergency after-hours requests are standard contractual expectations on as-needed supply agreements.