UNSPSC 43191611: Phone line protectors

Module/device that prevents voltage transient from damaging [phone] equipment

UNSPSC 43191611 Phone line protectors is a Commodity code with a significant mismatch between its name and the recent work state and local governments are actually buying under it. The recent opportunities block shows solicitations for prepaid cellphones and prepaid cards (City of Philadelphia), analog phones (Texas Department of Criminal Justice), NetGear port equipment (City of Philadelphia), telephone equipment and supplies broadly (State of South Dakota), Avaya hardware and services (Washington State Technology Solutions and Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services), Plantronics headsets and accessories (Broward County), and computer equipment (Texas Department of Criminal Justice). None of these solicitations address phone line protectors as a discrete product category. The code appears to capture telecommunications and communications equipment broadly rather than the protective devices its name suggests, though the mismatch raises a question about whether recent opportunities are properly tagged to this code.

Issuing bodies soliciting under this code include state procurement offices (South Dakota, Mississippi, Washington, Texas), county governments (Broward County), cities (Philadelphia), and specialized state agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Washington State Technology Solutions). Geographic activity concentrates in Texas (multiple TDCJ opportunities for analog phones and computer equipment in 2026), with additional recent solicitations from South Dakota, Washington, Mississippi, Florida (Broward County), and Pennsylvania (Philadelphia). Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice requesting analog phones (IFB IW259396, due August 13, 2026; RFP variant IW259396A due August 18, 2026), the State of South Dakota soliciting annual telephone equipment and supplies (IFB 26IFB19766, due August 3, 2026), Washington State Technology Solutions establishing a statewide contract for Avaya hardware, software, maintenance, and services (RFQQ 26-RFQQ-004, due August 6, 2026, spanning five counties and serving state agencies including the Department of Social and Health Services and Department of Corrections), and Broward County procuring Plantronics and JPL headsets and accessories for its Office of Regional Communications and Technology and 911 Public Safety Answering Points (IFB GEN2132410B1, due July 17, 2026).