UNSPSC 26111713: Thermal batteries

UNSPSC 26111713 Thermal batteries is a Commodity code that state and local governments solicit under with minimal recent activity directly aligned to the code's nominal scope. The five most recent opportunities tagged to this code span battery transportation and recycling services, dry cell batteries for warehouse stock, janitorial and operational supplies, electrical supplies through a regional purchasing cooperative, two-way radio infrastructure components, and law enforcement equipment — a mix that reflects tagging misalignment rather than coherent procurement of thermal batteries as a product class. Only one opportunity, the City of St. Petersburg's dry cell battery RFQ (QUOTE26306, due July 30, 2026), involves batteries as the primary deliverable; that solicitation seeks consumable dry cells (D, 9-volt, AA, C, lithium AA, and AAA) in specified annual quantities to the city's Consolidated Warehouse on an as-needed, three-year contract basis with optional two-year renewals. Issuing bodies in the recent block include a county (Marion County, Oregon), a city (St. Petersburg, Florida), a county board (Hillsborough County, Florida), a regional purchasing cooperative (Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative, Texas), a county government (Harris County, Texas), and a state-administered cooperative (Sourcewell, Minnesota). The geographic spread is limited: Oregon, Florida, Texas, and Minnesota appear in the recent record.

The code shows insufficient recent activity to characterize as an active procurement category for thermal batteries specifically. The dry cell battery RFQ from St. Petersburg is the only recent state or local opportunity with batteries as the central scope; that solicitation is ITB-type, with a response deadline of July 30, 2026 (now past as of the current date of October 20, 2026), and specifies no estimated contract value. The remaining four tagged opportunities are plainly unrelated to thermal batteries — Marion County's battery recycling and transportation RFP (due October 14, 2026), Hillsborough County's janitorial supplies ITB ($765,679.84 estimated annual value), Region 7's electrical supplies RFP ($4,854,470.00 estimated over two years), Harris County's radio infrastructure ITB, and Sourcewell's law enforcement equipment RFP — and reflect miscoding or broader supply-chain tagging rather than procurement of thermal battery products. A firm targeting thermal battery sales to state and local buyers should monitor this code with caution and conduct targeted outreach to specific jurisdictions rather than rely on UNSPSC-driven notice flow.