UNSPSC 43211504: Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizer

Personal digital assistant (PDA) is a term for any small mobile hand-held device that provides computing and information storage and retrieval capabilities for personal or business use, often for keeping schedule calendars and address book information handy. Input is through a combination of pen and character recognition software.

UNSPSC 43211504 Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizer, a Commodity code, reflects state and local procurement of mobile tablets, laptops, and specialized ruggedized computing devices—not traditional handheld organizers—based on recent solicitations actually being bought under this taxonomy. The issuing-body mix spans state departments (California, New Jersey, District of Columbia), county governments (Sauk County Wisconsin, Pasco County Florida, DeSoto County Mississippi), city procurement offices (Philadelphia, Detroit, Wheat Ridge Colorado), school districts (Smith County Mississippi, Gwinnett County Georgia, Troup County Georgia, Habersham County Georgia, Jasper County Charter Georgia, and dozens of others across Mississippi, Michigan, Georgia, and beyond), and special-purpose districts (Valencia College Florida). School districts dominate recent activity, pursuing Chromebooks, Windows laptops, and iPad bundles at scale; county jails and sheriff departments procurement specialized tablets and ruggedized systems; and state IT offices buy mobile computers on brand-only basis. California posts the most frequent brand-only mobile-computer RFBs (at least five since early March 2026), signaling an established procurement pattern. Representative recent opportunities include the State of California RFB IS-27200028 (docking stations, brand-only, due July 29, 2026), the District of Columbia FY26 Dell laptop procurement (due July 13, 2026, minimal scope detail), Sauk County Wisconsin RFP 202601SCJ (inmate telephone, video visitation, kiosk, and tablet system for the jail, 197 portable tablets plus wall phones and kiosks, turnkey vendor-financed model, mandatory site visit July 21 2026, proposals due August 26 2026), Smith County School District Mississippi electronic reverse auction for 600 HP 11-inch Chromebooks (due July 9 2026), and Troup County School System Georgia RFP for 2,000–2,300 student Chromebooks (convertible 2-in-1, 12.0–12.3-inch, 8GB+ RAM, 64GB storage, Wi-Fi 6E, proposals due June 26 2026, best-value scoring with cost at 50 points).

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast (Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina), California, the Midwest (Michigan, Wisconsin), and the Mid-Atlantic (Pennsylvania, DC, New Jersey), with school-district Chromebook procurement driving volume in Georgia, Mississippi, and Michigan. Pricing is highly variable—individual device unit costs range from sub-$300 for education Chromebooks to $800+ for ruggedized Windows laptops—and quantities span 32 units (Wheat Ridge PD) to 37,000+ over four years (Tacoma Schools). Vendor-financed turnkey models appear in correctional-facility and classroom-technology procurements; traditional purchase and lease-purchase structures dominate K–12 and municipal IT buys. Cooperative purchasing frameworks (California CUF, Florida DMS statewide contracts, Georgia Procurement portal) reduce procurement cycle time and enable volume discounts. CBE (California Certified Business Enterprise), DBE, and local-vendor preferences are common in California and some Midwest districts; Detroit offers equalization credits up to 12 percent for certified Detroit-Based businesses. No clear incumbent dominance emerges; awards split among Dell, HP, Lenovo, Acer, Panasonic, reMarkable, and Apple depending on district or agency preference and technical specifications. Most school districts specify delivery by July–October 2026 and accept reverse-auction bidding to optimize pricing. This code sees sustained state and local activity and remains actively pursued.