UNSPSC 11161706: Cotton chenille

A type of woven cotton fabric

UNSPSC 11161706 Cotton chenille is a Commodity code that nominally names a textile fiber product, though recent state and local solicitations tagged with this code do not reflect procurement of cotton chenille itself. Instead, the sole recent opportunity shows the code being applied to a cooperative purchasing vehicle for law enforcement equipment — a categorical mismatch that signals little current activity aligned with the code's stated scope. State and local governments do buy textiles and fiber products through traditional procurement channels, but the cotton chenille code does not appear to be the vehicle through which that activity is being solicited or tracked in current opportunities.

Sourcewell, a State of Minnesota local government unit and service cooperative, issued RFP #061626 on May 12, 2026 for Law Enforcement Equipment on behalf of participating entities including Franklin County, Grant County, Grays Harbor County, Chelan County, and Yakima County, with responses due June 16, 2026. This cooperative solicitation encompasses thousands of governmental agencies, higher education institutions, K–12 school districts, nonprofit organizations, tribal governments, and other public entities throughout the United States and Canada. The scope of the RFP—establishing a contracting solution for law enforcement equipment rather than cotton chenille or textile commodities—does not align with the code's taxonomy placement, indicating either a data-entry error in the opportunity's tagging or a drift in how the code is being applied in practice. Vendors interested in the law enforcement equipment opportunity should access solicitation documents through the Sourcewell Procurement Portal at https://proportal.sourcewell-mn.gov and direct questions to rfp@sourcewell-mn.gov or 888-894-1930.