UNSPSC 41114417: Meteorological buoy robot

A type of device that has the function to forward the result of meteorology and marine observation on the sea to the land via wireless communication in real time.

UNSPSC 41114417 Meteorological buoy robot, a Commodity code, does not align with the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under it; the source shows no solicitations for meteorological buoys or autonomous water-based observation systems. Instead, the recent opportunities reflect weather detection and lightning protection work—automated weather observation systems for transportation, lightning prediction and detection systems for municipal and airport facilities, weather radar deployment for flood mitigation, and lightning protection system installations at courthouses. The scope mismatch suggests the code tagging in the source may be inaccurate or the code has drifted from its original intent in current procurement practice.

The issuing bodies span state departments, county governments, and public universities. The Georgia Department of Transportation posted an eRFQ for Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) commodities on April 8, 2026, with a May 4 response deadline. Broward County and the City of Fort Lauderdale issued a Notice of Intent to Designate Sole Source (RFI) on May 6, 2026, regarding the Thor Guard, Inc. TG-360 Lightning Prediction and Detection System for county parks and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, with responses due May 18, 2026. Texas Tech University's Office of Procurement Services posted RFP 2026-1183 on March 6, 2026, for procurement, installation, commissioning, and five-year maintenance of three C-band dual-polarization weather radars with supporting infrastructure across three sites near Brownwood, Fredericksburg, and Eldorado or Senora, with a mandatory HUB subcontracting plan. Brevard County solicited sealed bids for lightning protection system installations at the Melbourne Courthouse and Historic Titusville Courthouse with a January 27, 2026, deadline and mandatory pre-bid walk-throughs. Activity concentrates in Florida (Broward, Brevard counties and Fort Lauderdale), Georgia (GDOT statewide), and Texas, with no identifiable repeat buyers across the limited recent opportunities.