UNSPSC 46181540: Welder gloves

Gloves that provide heat, spark, and abrasion protection. They usually include a lining to make them more comfortable.

UNSPSC 46181540 Welder gloves, a Commodity code, does not reflect the actual scope of recent state and local solicitations tagged under it. The five most recent opportunities posted under this code involve welding lab infrastructure, equipment procurement, and materials supply contracts—flexible vent extraction arms, plasma cutters, welder/generators, and consumables such as welding rods and electrodes—rather than protective apparel. The issuing bodies include community colleges (Mt. San Antonio Community College District, Collin College), school districts (Dalton Public Schools), and special-purpose water districts (North Texas Municipal Water District). The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the work actually being procured suggests either classification drift or a data-entry error in the underlying procurement system; bidders using this code as a search filter should verify the actual commodity scope in each solicitation before pursuing.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and California. Mt. San Antonio Community College District in Walnut, California posted an IFB on September 28, 2026 for purchase and installation of forty-seven flexible vent extraction arms with a bid deadline of July 16, 2026 and an Engineer's Base Bid Estimate of $150,000. Dalton Public Schools in Georgia posted an RFB on September 1, 2026 for welding laboratory equipment (plasma cutter, saw, and nine welder units) due September 25, 2026. Collin College in Texas posted two ITBs (FY2024-ITB-020 and FY2024-ITB-024) for three-year welding materials and supplies contracts with estimated annual volumes of approximately $400,000 each. The North Texas Municipal Water District posted an IFB on July 9, 2026 for two Lincoln Frontier 400X diesel welder/generators due July 29, 2026. Given the code-to-opportunity mismatch, verify the actual commodity classification in any RFP, RFQ, IFB, or ITB before committing resources to pursuit.