UNSPSC 43201407: Peripheral controller cards

A device that communicates between a computer and its peripherals. It is often a separate card that is connected to the computers bus(e.g. PCI, ISA, PCMCIA) or built in to the motherboard. Can be SCSI, IDE, etc.

UNSPSC 43201407 Peripheral controller cards is a Commodity code that encompasses expansion cards, adapters, and interface devices that state and local governments purchase to extend or modify the functionality of existing computing, scanning, access-control, and specialized systems. Recent solicitations show the code capturing diverse hardware connector and interface products: electronic signature pads and styluses, proximity readers, storage controllers, cellular modems, scanner attachment hardware, and system-specific encoder stabilizer brackets. The issuing bodies span state procurement offices (California Department of General Services), county purchasing divisions (Broward County, DeKalb County, Gwinnett County, Orange County in Florida and Georgia), city procurement bureaus (Philadelphia), transit and airport authorities (Broward County Aviation), special-purpose districts (Texas Department of Transportation), and school systems (District of Columbia Public Schools). Repeat buyers include the State of California, which has posted multiple hardware-focused RFBs across networking and storage domains; Gwinnett County, which has solicited tactical communication adapters and headset-interface equipment multiple times; and Broward County, which pursues integrated systems combining hardware controllers and software platforms.

Recent activity spans California (six RFBs for modems, storage, scanners, and proximity readers posted between August and October 2026), Georgia (Gwinnett County and DeKalb County pull requests for voting-system styluses and poll-book encoder brackets in September and October 2026), and Florida (Broward County RFP for risk management system and airport-screening AI integration in September and October 2026). Representative opportunities include Gwinnett County's IWQ 139434 purchase of 250,000 disposable capacitive-touch styluses compatible with Dominion Voting BMD systems, quotations due October 5, 2026, at $0.08 per unit; the State of California's RFB-IS-27200073 for 290 Cradlepoint MC400-5GB cellular modems, bids due August 17, 2026; and Broward County Aviation Department's RFP BLD2131742P1 for an AI-enabled employee screening system including X-ray machine integration and controller hardware, proposals due October 26, 2026, with an anticipated contract value exceeding $500,000 and a three-year term.