UNSPSC 14111701: Facial tissues

UNSPSC 14111701 Facial tissues, a Commodity code, captures state and local procurement of disposable paper tissues bundled into broader food service, janitorial, and operational supply contracts rather than as standalone line items. Recent solicitations show facial tissues appearing as one component among dozens of consumable products—napkins, paper towels, toilet tissue, food containers, and cleaning supplies—purchased by school districts, state health and human services agencies, county correctional facilities, and municipal departments on a warehouse-stock or as-needed basis. The work is highly fragmented across issuing bodies. School districts dominate the active buyer pool, with multiple independent districts (Clarke County Schools Georgia, Hancock County Schools Georgia, Lake County Schools Florida, Polk County Schools Florida, Bridgeport Board of Education Connecticut, and Northside Independent School District Texas) soliciting paper products for nutrition programs; state agencies including the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois Department of Human Services, and New Jersey Department of the Treasury also appear frequently. Single-award contracts are typical, though some jurisdictions reserve the right to split awards across multiple vendors by line item.

Recent opportunities span Texas, Florida, Georgia, Connecticut, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Representative solicitations include Lake County Schools District (Florida) ITB 26-0803-B-TF969, due August 24, 2026 (already passed), which specified 500 cases of facial tissue as part of a $540,250 annual warehouse-stock contract alongside multi-fold towels, single-fold towels, and disposable wipers with local vendor preference eligibility; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0018082 for consumables at Lufkin State Supported Living Center, due October 23, 2026, which included napkins and food service supplies as line items within a broader 22-item consumables scope; the Georgia Educational Cooperative bid PE55396NONST2026000000005, due June 11, 2026, aggregating paper goods and chemicals for 14 school districts across Georgia; and the Bridgeport Board of Education bid BNB051266, due June 30, 2026, which bundled facial tissue with 192 other food service disposables, cleaning products, and janitorial supplies under Buy American domestic-content requirements. Pricing is uniformly firm for the contract term with F.O.B. destination delivery; on-time fill ratios of 97–98 percent are commonly mandated. Most contracts run one year with optional renewal periods, and all require standard certifications including drug-free workplace, debarment, E-Verify, and prevailing-wage compliance where applicable.