UNSPSC 39111705: Glow stick or light stick

UNSPSC 39111705 Glow stick or light stick (Commodity) describes portable chemical or battery-powered light sources used in emergency response, events, and field operations. However, the recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code show minimal activity directly aligned with glow sticks or light sticks; instead, they span a much broader range of lighting infrastructure, maintenance, and emergency equipment procurement. The opportunities reflect state and local agencies' actual buying behavior across lighting systems — from airfield lighting fixtures and LED field installations to video monitoring console systems, emergency power generation, and disaster response equipment — suggesting that the UNSPSC classification either casts too narrow a net or that state and local procurement offices are applying it inconsistently to multi-category lighting and emergency provisioning contracts.

The issuing bodies include county utilities departments (Pinellas County, Florida), municipal transit systems (Charlotte Area Transit System), county port authorities (Lee County), county fire rescue services (Clay County), county emergency management divisions (Collier County), and municipal procurement offices across Georgia and Texas. Geographic spread centers on Florida (Collier County, Pinellas County, Clay County, Pembroke Pines) and Georgia (Bibb County Schools, Gwinnett County, City of Fairburn, City of Dunwoody), with secondary activity in Texas (Northside Independent School District, Galveston County) and represented cooperative purchasing through Sourcewell (Minnesota) covering multi-state law enforcement equipment procurement. Representative recent opportunities include the County of Santa Clara (RFQ RFQPRCFY260737, due July 9, 2026) for a Generac Mobile, Stationary Hypercube Light Tower for the Sheriff's Office; Bibb County Public Schools (RFP 26-039, due May 21, 2026) for LED field lighting design and installation at seven middle schools; Lee County Port Authority (sole-source procurement SS260065LB, due May 22, 2026) for ADB Safegate airfield lighting fixtures and replacement parts; and Collier County Emergency Management (RFP 25-8416) for major incident standby services including power generation and emergency equipment pooling.