UNSPSC 43201557: Redundant array of independent disks RAID controllers

RAID controllers provide SCSI, IDE/ATA or SerialATA interfaces. The key difference from usual storage controllers that they allow to create drive arrays with variable level of redundancy.

UNSPSC 43201557 Redundant array of independent disks RAID controllers is a Commodity code that covers data storage infrastructure hardware and related integration services procured by state and local governments. Recent state and local solicitations under this code reveal a narrow scope: while the code nominally addresses RAID controllers specifically, the actual buying activity documented here spans broader IT equipment procurement (including Apple products, Dell systems, and general IT accessories) and physical storage infrastructure expansion, rather than RAID controllers as discrete hardware components. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code include state-level information-technology departments and city governments. The Texas Department of Information Resources and the City of St. Petersburg represent the documented repeat buyers in the recent-opportunities block.

Activity appears concentrated in Texas and Florida. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Information Resources' RFO for Apple Branded Products and Related Services (responses due November 19, 2021, with a documented statewide Apple sales history of $949.35 million across state agencies, local governments, and higher-education institutions from fiscal 2018–2021 year-to-date, subject to a 21.1 percent HUB subcontracting goal) and the City of St. Petersburg's quote for SPTV Existing Storage Expansion (responses due July 1, 2026, with prevailing-wage and bonding obligations). The District of Columbia procurement of Dell IT Equipment and Accessories (response deadline June 5, 2026) also carries this code tag, though the full scope details are not available in the source. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope (RAID controllers) and the broader IT-equipment and storage-infrastructure work actually tagged to it suggests the code may be overused or misapplied in state and local procurement systems.