UNSPSC 43201413: Magnetic stripe card

A type of card capable of storing data by modifying the magnetism of tiny iron-based magnetic particles on a band of magnetic material on the card. The magnetic stripe, sometimes called a magstripe, is read by physical contact and swiping past a reading head.

UNSPSC 43201413 Magnetic stripe card, a Commodity code, spans state and local procurement of payment cards, access control devices, and related identification media used across public agencies, transit systems, school districts, and other jurisdictions. Recent opportunities show that state and local governments actually purchase network switching equipment, wireless access points, firewall appliances, unified power supplies, cabling infrastructure, and related IT network services under this code—a significant scope mismatch that suggests the code assignment reflects a data-quality issue rather than genuine magnetic stripe card procurement. Issuing bodies include school districts (Houston County, Bibb County, and Grosse Pointe Public Schools in Georgia and Michigan), county governments (Broward County, Gwinnett County, Jackson County), state procurement offices (Georgia Department of Education component, Texas Department of Information Resources), municipal governments (cities of Atlanta, Meriden, Long Beach, and Palo Alto), and specialized agencies such as transit authorities and utilities. Repeat buyers emerge among Georgia school systems and Florida counties, where E-Rate-funded network upgrades drive procurement frequency.

Geographic spread concentrates in the Southeast, particularly Georgia (Houston County, Bibb County, Savannah-Chatham County, Gordon County, Fayette County, and Gwinnett County school systems, plus Jackson County Board of Commissioners), Florida (Broward County, Hillsborough County, Sarasota County, and Clay County), and secondary activity in Texas, Michigan, Washington, California, and Connecticut. Representative opportunities include Houston County School District's RFP for HPE Aruba wireless access points and edge switches (ITB 26-029, proposals due Feb 23, 2026), Broward County's ITB for adaptive traffic control and fiber optics systems along Pine Island Road (ITB TRN2131279C1, bids due Mar 9, 2026), Bibb County Public Schools' RFP 26-029 for Cisco switch installation services across 45 locations (proposals due Mar 2, 2026), and Hillsborough County Public Schools' ITB for a three-year Cisco Meraki Enterprise License Agreement covering 5,842 network devices at an estimated $10.3 million (bids due Feb 22, 2026). E-Rate program funding dominates, with nearly all recent solicitations structured to leverage federal discounts for telecommunications and technology infrastructure at K–12 institutions. The code shows no relevant recent activity aligned with its nominal scope—magnetic stripe card procurement does not appear in the opportunities block.