UNSPSC 43211522: Computer blade server

A blade server is a stripped-down server computer with a modular design optimized to minimize the use of physical space and energy. Blade servers have many components removed to save space, minimize power consumption and other considerations, while still having all the functional components to be considered a computer.

UNSPSC 43211522 Computer blade server (Commodity) encompasses enterprise server hardware and related infrastructure components that state and local governments procure for data center modernization, network operations, and hybrid cloud environments. Recent activity shows state and local buyers soliciting blade servers and comparable high-performance server configurations as part of broader data center refresh, virtualization, and cloud infrastructure upgrades. The issuing bodies include county school districts, county utilities, municipal water districts, city transit authorities, and state education agencies—a mix of K-12 districts (Genesee Intermediate School District in Michigan, Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida), special-purpose districts (Eastern Municipal Water District in California, Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District in Wisconsin), and city agencies (Orange County Transportation Authority in California). Recent solicitations also name Dell PowerEdge configurations, Scale Computing HyperCore clusters, Cisco switching and networking infrastructure, and virtualization licensing (VMware, Nutanix) as component parts of blade server and hyperconverged infrastructure procurements.

Geographic activity clusters in California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin, with secondary recent activity in Texas and Ohio. Representative recent opportunities include the Eastern Municipal Water District's RFB 3922 (February 2026) for two Scale Computing HyperCore clusters valued at $1 million or more, a five-year managed hardware and software agreement; Parkway School District in Missouri's competitive sealed bid for Data Center Refresh (January 2026) soliciting Dell R670 servers, Pure Storage arrays, VMware, and Veeam backup systems; the School Board of Hillsborough County Public Schools' ITB for Cisco Meraki Enterprise License Agreement (January 2026) at approximately $10.3 million for a 36-month term covering network hardware and wireless access points; and Orange County Transportation Authority's competitive bid for Dell PowerEdge R660 servers (March 2026) at $300,000 for six months. The code shows consistent activity in multi-year infrastructure refresh cycles, often bundled with software licensing, professional services (installation, migration, training), and long-term support and maintenance contracts financed through local funds, E-Rate federal grants, or state revolving loan programs.