UNSPSC 25161500: Pedal powered vehicles

UNSPSC 25161500 Pedal powered vehicles is a Class code covering bicycles, e-bikes, and related maintenance and sales services that state and local governments procure for law enforcement, municipal fleets, transit support, and public subsidy programs. Recent opportunities show issuing bodies soliciting new bikes for patrol and parks operations, e-bike maintenance contracts, retail partnerships for rebate programs, and bulk athletic equipment catalogs that include bicycles. The scope spans delivery-ready law enforcement-grade mountain bikes with integrated equipment mounts and extended warranties, electric bikes and conventional bikes for municipal fleet replacement, specialized mechanics training for bike maintenance, point-of-sale retailer participation in e-bike rebate initiatives, and accessories such as lights, locks, racks, and protective gear. Issuing bodies range from state police divisions to city police departments, city transportation and parks agencies, municipal transit authorities, regional commissions administering public programs, purchasing cooperatives serving multiple school districts and local entities, and university athletics departments.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southwest and Southeast with significant Midwest presence. The City of Austin issued an IFB in March 2026 for a five-year contract to supply 15 manual and 8 electric patrol bikes annually to the Downtown Area Command plus 8 manual and 8 electric bikes annually to Parks and Recreation, with a pre-offer meeting on March 10, 2026, and bids due March 31, 2026, at 2:00 pm CT; that procurement includes local business preference discounts of up to five percent for offerors headquartered within the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Illinois State Police, Division of Patrol, issued sole source procurement notices in April and May 2026 for Volcanic Manufacturing Inc. law enforcement-grade patrol bicycles with integrated emergency lighting and mechanics training for a Bicycle Unit Response Team, estimated at $212,000 with a delivery deadline of June 30, 2026. Salt Lake City Corporation is seeking bids for eBike maintenance, repair, and new electric bike sales and service across all city departments through RFB SLCI27006, due July 30, 2026, requiring five years' prior eBike maintenance and repair experience, with a five-year contract term and comprehensive coverage of diagnostics, battery testing and replacement, biannual preventative maintenance per manufacturer specifications, and accessories supply. The Atlanta Regional Commission is recruiting local brick-and-mortar e-bike retailers within Atlanta city limits to participate as point-of-sale rebate partners in the City of Atlanta E-Bike Rebate Program, with qualifications due July 23, 2026, a maximum program budget of $960,000, and anticipated award and work commencement in summer 2026 with completion by December 31, 2027. The District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department issued two separate ITBs for mountain bikes on July 13, 2026, both due July 28, 2026.