UNSPSC 43201405: Optical network receive cards

A card that contains optoelectric circuitry that converts an incoming optical signal to and electrical signal.

UNSPSC 43201405 Optical network receive cards is a Commodity code that captures state and local government procurement of specialized fiber-optic transceiver modules and related optical networking components used to upgrade and expand data communications infrastructure. Recent solicitations show that state and local buyers are procuring optical transceivers—particularly 10Gbase-SR, 10Gbase-LR, QSFP28, and SFP+ modules—as elements of broader network refresh and fiber backbone projects rather than as standalone line items. The City of Palo Alto, in an RFQ issued April 27, 2026, for traffic signal network communication equipment replacement, specified 212 fiber transceivers (SFPTIS10M-CIN model) alongside core switches and edge infrastructure, with a response deadline of May 20, 2026. Similarly, multiple school districts—including Gordon County Schools and Fayette County Public Schools in Georgia—have solicited fiber transceiver modules as components within E-Rate-funded network infrastructure upgrades across their facilities. Issuing bodies span state education agencies, county school districts, municipal transportation departments, and utilities; school procurement dominates the recent activity, driven by federal E-Rate funding cycles that create synchronized seasonal demand. Georgia school districts appear as repeat buyers, with multiple E-Rate-funded network lifecycle replacements bundling transceiver procurement with switch and cabling upgrades.

Geographic concentration is heaviest in the Southeast, particularly Georgia (Gordon County Schools, Houston County Schools, Bibb County Schools, Fayette County Schools, and Savannah-Chatham County Schools all issued related solicitations in January through March 2026), Florida (Seminole County, Broward County, and Hillsborough County), and scattered activity in California, Texas, Michigan, and Washington. The code shows minimal distinct recent opportunities narrowly targeted at optical transceivers alone; instead, transceiver procurement emerges as a subordinate line item within larger network equipment RFPs and ITBs. The tight integration of transceivers into multi-component system procurements—switches, cabling, licenses, and professional services bundled together—means that vendors pursuing this code must typically compete on comprehensive network solutions rather than component pricing, and must track E-Rate solicitation calendars and state education procurement cycles to identify active opportunities.