UNSPSC 25111916: Emergency dye signals

UNSPSC 25111916 Emergency dye signals is a Commodity code covering flares, fusees, and related emergency signaling devices procured by state and local law enforcement, fire rescue, and transportation departments. State and local buyers use this code for red emergency flares and fusees—typically 30-minute burn-time cardboard tube units specified to Federal Bureau of Explosives and Underwriters Laboratory standards—distributed through direct purchase and cooperative purchasing frameworks. Issuing bodies include state police departments, county fire rescue services, municipal police departments, school districts, and county transportation authorities. The code reflects demand from operational safety units that maintain 24/7 emergency response capacity and require reliable, standardized signaling equipment with documented burn performance and compliance certifications.

Recent activity spans Michigan, Texas, California, Minnesota, and Florida. The Michigan Department of State Police issued RFP 260000001616 in March 2026 for a three-year flares contract (2,000 gross estimated quantity) with proposals due April 17, 2026; Standard Fusee Corp of Easton, Maryland received a Notice of Intent to Award on April 28, 2026 for $249,000.00. The City of Austin released IFB 8700 DCG1034 in April 2026 for traffic safety flares (estimated 500 cases annually) with bids due May 28, 2026, specifying Orion Safety Products Item #0730 or equivalents and requiring authorized distributor status. Santa Clara County, California issued ITBRDAFY260652 for expressway guardrail replacement in March 2026 that includes thermoplastic traffic striping but does not align substantively with flares procurement. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners posted ITB2600319 for consumable janitorial and operational supplies in July 2026 (due July 24, 2026, estimated $765,679.84 annual value for 47 fire stations), though emergency dye signals appear tangential to the scope. Sourcewell, on behalf of multiple Washington counties, released RFP #061626 for law enforcement equipment in May 2026 (due June 16, 2026) as a cooperative purchasing vehicle available to thousands of governmental agencies but without specific flares line-item detail in available documentation.