UNSPSC 43201614: Console extenders

The console extender allows access to a computer system from a remote console (keyboard, monitor, and mouse). It is suitable for any kind of installations where the console needs to be kept in a conveniently accessible location, leaving the system equipment to reside in a safe place.

UNSPSC 43201614 Console extenders (Commodity) does not align with the recent procurement activity posted under this code. The source records show fifteen recent state and local solicitations spanning classroom technology systems, inmate communication systems, desktop and laptop computers, Chromebooks, monitors, networking equipment, and audio components for fire stations. None of these opportunities involve console extenders as a discrete product line.

The mismatch is systematic. Console extenders—typically hardware devices that extend keyboard, video, and mouse signals over network cabling or wireless protocols—appear in neither the abstract scope of recent opportunities nor in any named deliverable within the solicitations. The code shows minimal relevant recent activity. Sauk County (Wisconsin) solicited an inmate telephone and video visitation system; multiple Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, and Texas school districts and special districts solicited Chromebooks, desktop computers, laptops, and classroom audiovisual integration services; the City of Tampa sought a PC refresh covering specific HP laptop and desktop models; the City of Austin bid audio amplifiers, speakers, and mounting hardware for station alerting systems; and Valencia College requested turnkey classroom technology integration. None of these scopes involve console extenders or remote-access hardware. If your firm pursues hardware-extension or remote-access-control products, verify coding in the opportunity record before committing resources; this Commodity code does not currently track that category of state and local demand.