UNSPSC 11162307: Synthetic or imitation leather

UNSPSC 11162307 Synthetic or imitation leather, a Commodity code, covers manufactured leather substitute materials used in state and local government operations, though recent solicitation activity does not show direct procurement of synthetic leather as a standalone product line. The code appears tangentially in broad MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Operations) supply contracts where synthetic leather may be included as one item among thousands of diverse product categories, but state and local governments are not issuing focused solicitations specifically for synthetic or imitation leather materials. The City of Tucson's RFP 240078 for comprehensive MRO supplies, posted September 30, 2026, with a response due date of March 28, 2024, encompasses over 1,995 line items across 25 product categories including lighting, safety, cleaning, electrical, plumbing, and fleet maintenance supplies—a catalog broad enough to potentially include leather goods or substitutes—but synthetic leather is not called out as a distinct procurement focus. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' ITB-26-00285 for hand tools, due June 23, 2026, and estimated at $715,540.41 over five years, also represents the kind of commodity-scale purchasing where synthetic leather items might appear incidentally rather than as the primary category being solicited.

Geographic activity remains scattered with no concentration evident. The City of Tucson, Arizona; the City of Palm Bay, Florida; Hillsborough County, Florida; the City of Owensboro, Kentucky; Marion County, Florida; and Solano County, California appear in recent postings, but none of these solicitations isolate synthetic or imitation leather as a procurement driver. The code shows insufficient recent activity specifically targeted at synthetic leather supply to support a pursue decision; vendors interested in this Commodity should monitor broad MRO and general supplies RFPs where synthetic leather may be included as a line item within much larger material catalogs, or watch for school districts, transit authorities, and maintenance-focused departments that might issue focused solicitations for leather goods or substitutes used in facility furnishings or fleet equipment.