UNSPSC 43211709: Pressure stylus

A stylus, aka 'pen' is an input device used to write text or draw lines by applying pressure to the input surface such as a tablet or digital display screen for a computer.

UNSPSC 43211709 Pressure stylus is a Commodity code. State and local governments buy pressure styli under this code primarily as single-use or high-volume replaceable components for voting systems, digital signature capture, and electronic poll book operations. Recent solicitations show demand concentrated in voting infrastructure — Gwinnett County, Georgia procured 250,000 disposable styluses compatible with Dominion Voting BMD touchscreen systems (IWQ 139434, due October 5, 2026), with a prior contract unit price of $0.08 per stylus and bilingual printing requirements (English/Spanish or no printing). The City of Philadelphia solicited electronic signature pads with installation and configuration (RFQ B2627117, due May 18, 2026), and the State of California bid ePad-ink electronic signature devices and software licensing for health and human services operations statewide (RFBIS27200228, due October 16, 2026). Issuing bodies include county governments (Gwinnett County, DeKalb County for E-Poll Book encoder stabilizer brackets), municipalities (Philadelphia), and state health and human services agencies (California). The code also captures smaller tactical and specialized equipment orders — DeKalb County sought E-Poll Book encoder stabilizer brackets compatible with PollPad devices (PE64400NONST2027000000281, due October 1, 2026), with no minimum order quantity or contract value disclosed.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (Gwinnett County and DeKalb County voting and law-enforcement procurement) and California (statewide health services and IT hardware solicitations), with activity also in Florida (Broward County IT risk management systems and aviation AI systems procurement, though these do not fit the pressure stylus commodity directly) and Pennsylvania (Philadelphia signature capture). The voting-system stylus opportunity in Gwinnett County represents the most concrete match to the code's scope — a high-volume IFB with fixed delivery phases (100,000 units by October 16, 2026, and 150,000 units by October 23, 2026), fixed pricing structure ($0.08 per unit in the prior award), and strict device-compatibility and printing specifications. Gwinnett County's previous award to Top Choice International Trading Corp. (Torrance, California) at $80,160 total value signals established vendor relationships and reproducible procurement cycles in voting equipment.