UNSPSC 43201813: High capacity removable media drives

High capacity removable storage devices can store hundreds of megabytes or gigabytes of data on a single disk, cassette, card or cartridge. An examples of this is a zip drive.

UNSPSC 43201813 High capacity removable media drives, a Commodity code, encompasses storage hardware that state and local governments procure as components within larger data infrastructure refresh projects and specialized departmental equipment builds. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers purchasing these drives as part of file server deployments, network infrastructure upgrades, and forensic data analysis systems. The code captures both enterprise-class NAS and RAID hard drives, SSD components for modular data center switches, and specialized storage media integrated into broader IT modernization efforts rather than as standalone off-the-shelf items. Issuing bodies span county governments, city procurement offices, and state health and human services commissions; Gwinnett County (Georgia) and the City of Austin (Texas) appear as active buyers in the current window, with Texas Health and Human Services Commission procuring specialized Itanium-compatible storage media for critical claims processing systems.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners posted an IFB (PE77023NONST2027000000788) on October 14, 2026, for file servers and peripheral equipment—including hard drives, USB flash drives, and memory modules—due October 29, 2026, through an annual contract spanning January 2027 through 2030 with renewal options; bidders must be authorized HP resellers with five years' experience and hold $2 million minimum general liability coverage. The City of Austin Purchasing Office issued an IFQ (IFQ8700JXS1037) on June 23, 2026, for eight Western Digital 26TB WD Red Pro NAS internal hard drives for the Police Department's Digital Forensics Unit, with quotations due June 30, 2026. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) solicited HPE Non-Stop Itanium Self-Storage Disk Drives with a May 7, 2026, bid deadline; the contract runs May 12 through August 31, 2026, with optional one-year extension and historical annual spend of $80,000. The City of Pembroke Pines (Florida) issued an IFB for Cisco Nexus modular data center switches with associated line items due May 19, 2026, estimated at $300,000, applying local vendor preferences of five percent for Pembroke Pines residents and 2.5 percent for Broward County vendors or veteran-owned small businesses.