UNSPSC 25161507: Bicycles

UNSPSC 25161507 Bicycles is a Commodity code covering the purchase and maintenance of bicycles by state and local government agencies. The market today spans police patrol bicycles engineered for law enforcement operations, municipal e-bikes deployed in urban fleets and rebate programs, and general-purpose bikes for parks and recreation departments. Issuing bodies include city police departments, state law enforcement agencies, parks and recreation departments, metropolitan planning organizations, and cooperative purchasing consortia acting on behalf of multiple member jurisdictions. Recent procurement spans both capital purchases of new bikes and recurring maintenance and parts services for active fleets. The District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department, Salt Lake City Corporation, the City of Austin, the Illinois State Police, and the Atlanta Regional Commission have all solicited under this code in the past three months, with activity driven by urban sustainability initiatives, law enforcement mobility programs, and fleet replacement cycles.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Utah, Georgia, Illinois, and the District of Columbia, with Salt Lake City and Austin posting the most detailed recent solicitations. The District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department issued two Invitations for Bid for mountain bikes due July 28, 2026 (solicitations DOC837422 and DOC837868), while Salt Lake City Corporation posted RFB SLCI27006 for eBike maintenance, repair, and replacement services covering all city departments except airports, with bids due July 30, 2026—scope includes diagnostics, electrical and mechanical repairs, battery testing and replacement, biannual preventative maintenance, new eBike sales with delivery and assembly, and accessories supply, with a five-year contract term and $1 million commercial general liability insurance required. The Atlanta Regional Commission issued an RFQ for local e-bike retailers to serve as point-of-sale rebate partners in the City of Atlanta E-Bike Rebate Program (RFQu706), due July 23, 2026, targeting 600 to 800 e-bike purchases with a $960,000 maximum budget and local-vendor-only restrictions. The City of Austin issued IFB 8700 TJP1028 for a five-year police bicycles contract covering 15 manual and 8 electric bikes annually for the Downtown Area Command plus 8 manual and 8 electric bikes annually for Parks, with best-value sealed bidding, local business and small business price discounts available, and bids due March 31, 2026. The Illinois State Police issued sole-source procurement notices for law-enforcement-grade patrol bicycles and mechanics training from Volcanic Manufacturing Inc., estimated at $212,000, with delivery required by June 30, 2026.