UNSPSC 43191624: Pay phone coin chutes

Chutes used in pay phones for coin conveyance

UNSPSC 43191624 Pay phone coin chutes (Commodity) covers replacement and repair components for coin-operated public telephone equipment, a legacy infrastructure category with minimal current state and local procurement activity. State and local governments historically used these components to maintain public pay telephone systems in transit stations, municipal buildings, and public facilities, though the scope of active procurement under this code has contracted significantly as jurisdictions have retired coin-operated telephone infrastructure in favor of wireless and digital communication systems. The code typically appears in maintenance and repair work orders from transit authorities and municipal facilities departments rather than new installations.

The source provides no recent state and local contract opportunities tagged to this code. The absence of active solicitations reflects the broader market shift away from coin-operated public telephones; state and local governments that maintain legacy pay telephone systems now source replacement parts through small volume orders or vendor-managed inventory arrangements rather than competitive procurement. Opportunities in this category, when they occur, tend to be handled through standing maintenance contracts or direct purchasing rather than posted RFPs or IFBs, making recent public notice activity sparse to nonexistent.