UNSPSC 73121611: Tinsmithing services

UNSPSC 73121611 Tinsmithing services, a Commodity code, covers metal fabrication, repair, and refinishing work that state and local governments commission for facility maintenance, infrastructure rehabilitation, and equipment restoration. State and local buyers under this code procure sheet metal installation and replacement, tank coating and sealing, metal siding repair, structural steel replacement, container refinishing, and custom metal framework fabrication—work typically bundled into broader maintenance, construction, or renovation contracts rather than issued as standalone tinsmithing procurements. The issuing bodies include county utilities departments, city fire rescue operations, state-supported living centers, sheriffs' offices, transit authorities, universities, and counties' parks and facilities management arms. Work is distributed across contract structures ranging from RFPs for multi-year asset management agreements to ITBs for discrete facility repairs and IFBs for specialized restoration projects.

Recent activity spans South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Oregon, and Texas. Representative opportunities include Dorchester County, South Carolina's RFP for professional maintenance and asset management of ten potable water storage tanks (tanks distributed across ten county facilities, with proposals due October 30, 2026); the City of Milledgeville, Georgia's IFB for metal siding repair at Fire Station 1, including removal, replacement of a bent steel header beam, new sheet metal trim installation, and 24-gauge steel siding (bids due October 16, 2026); the City of Tampa Fire Rescue's RFQ for refinishing three rolloff containers to SSPC-2 and SSPC-6 blast specifications with Sherwin Williams primers and topcoats (quotes due September 8, 2026); the Texas Historical Commission's IFB for scraping and painting at Starr Family Home State Historic Site, including surface preparation and lead-safe certified work (bids due July 1, 2026); and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for custom metal framework, sheetrock, and ceiling installation at San Angelo State Supported Living Center Buildings 502 and 502A (bids due June 4, 2026). Prevailing wage requirements and mandatory site visits appear frequently in state agency and county work; local-vendor preferences and insurance thresholds ($200,000 to $2 million general liability) are standard gatekeeping mechanisms.