UNSPSC 73161507: Food products machinery or equipment manufacturing services

UNSPSC 73161507 Food products machinery or equipment manufacturing services is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity covers the purchase and installation of specialized machinery for emergency preparedness, agriculture, and utility operations rather than food production narrowly construed. State and local governments soliciting under this code include county departments of emergency services and public works, state agriculture departments, and water resource authorities. The scope spans sandbag production equipment (Solano County, California), agricultural spray systems (Kentucky Department of Agriculture), and pump station grinder replacement with associated mechanical systems (Gwinnett County, Georgia). These are primarily capital equipment procurements that may include installation labor and ongoing maintenance components. The issuing bodies are predominately county boards of commissioners and state departments, with occasional cooperative purchasing vehicles such as Sourcewell facilitating multi-jurisdiction contracting. The code sees activity concentrated in the Southeast and Upper Midwest, with recent opportunities in California, Georgia, Kentucky, and Minnesota.

Recent representative solicitations include the County of Solano Department of Sheriff's Office - Office of Emergency Services issuing an RFP (Solicitation 967092827) for a sandbagging machine system with proposals due November 2, 2026, and Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners issuing an IFB (Solicitation PE77023NONST2027000000778) for Beaver Ruin Diversion Pump Station grinders replacement with bids due November 20, 2026. The Kentucky Department of Agriculture has posted multiple RFBs for agricultural sprayer systems, including one due May 29, 2026, and another due May 7, 2026. The code also captures peripheral activity: Broward County Transportation Department's FTA-funded transit bus stop ADA improvements (RFB TRN2132943B1, due November 2, 2026) and Floyd County Board of Commissioners' purchase of a 6,000-pound capacity forklift (ITB 26-018, due May 19, 2026) both tag this code despite being tangential to food products machinery. The code shows recent activity but limited volume; no dollar values or award information appear in the available solicitation records.