UNSPSC 27112309: Marking pen

A special kind of pen that is able to write and mark different materials or surfaces like glass, wet surfaces, wood or others.

UNSPSC 27112309 Marking pen is a Commodity code that covers pens, markers, and related marking implements used across state and local operations, though the recent state and local opportunities block shows no direct solicitations for marking pens themselves. Instead, the code appears tagged to a broader procurement activity: the City of Augusta, Georgia's ITB 27-001 Hand Tools—Annual Bid (due September 29, 2026) encompasses 39 line items of hand tools including shovels, posthole diggers, hammers, axes, rakes, brooms, and other equipment on an as-needed basis with no minimum orders and 60-day delivery windows. Similarly, Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners has pursued multiple hand-tool and consumable-supply contracts—ITB 26-00285 for hand tools (52 line items, $715,540.41 over five years, due June 23, 2026) and ITB 26-00319 for janitorial and operational supplies ($765,679.84 one-year term, due July 24, 2026). Texas state entities also bid maintenance, HVAC, plumbing, and woodshop supplies through the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, while the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts procured master tool sets and individual tools for TxDOT and other state agencies through the Texas SmartBuy cooperative system (due June 11, 2026). The issuing bodies include city procurement offices, county commissioners, state health and human services agencies, and state departments leveraging cooperative purchasing vehicles.

Recent activity clusters in Texas and Georgia, with Texas showing the heaviest volume—HHSC has issued multiple IFBs for maintenance supplies, plumbing and HVAC parts, and woodshop supplies targeting state supported living centers and hospitals, while Hillsborough County (Florida) has pursued both hand-tool and janitorial-supply contracts. The broader pattern suggests that marking pens, if solicited at all under this code, are typically bundled into larger office supplies or maintenance equipment purchases rather than standalone line items. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope (marking pens) and the actual opportunities block (hand tools, maintenance supplies, janitorial goods) suggests the code shows little directly relevant recent activity for pen-specific procurement and may warrant verification of proper code assignment before pursuing opportunities tagged to 27112309.