UNSPSC 43211713: Touch pads

A stationary pointing device used mainly on laptop computers. Touchpads provide a small, flat surface that you slide your finger over as an alternative to the mouse and works by sensing the user's finger movement and downward pressure. They were developed to provide a more natural or intuitive connection for the user than the mouse.

UNSPSC 43211713 Touch pads is a Commodity code. State and local governments are acquiring touch pads primarily as components integrated into purpose-built systems—electronic poll books, voting machine touchscreens, and electronic signature capture devices—rather than as standalone peripheral input devices. Representative recent activity shows touch pads embedded in voting system hardware (Gwinnett County's purchase of 250,000 disposable styluses compatible with Dominion Voting BMD touchscreen systems) and in election-administration infrastructure (DeKalb County's procurement of E-Poll Book Encoder Stabilizer Brackets for PollPad devices). The code also encompasses touch pads used in administrative and clinical settings where capacitive-touch interfaces support citizen-facing or staff-facing transactions, including signature authentication, poll-worker data entry, and document scanning. Issuing bodies span county election offices, county sheriff departments, county aviation authorities, and municipal health and administrative agencies across multiple states.

Recent activity is concentrated in Georgia and Florida. Gwinnett County, Georgia has posted two quotations for voting and election-administration equipment incorporating touch-pad technology (stylus procurement due October 5, 2026; encoder brackets due October 1, 2026), and DeKalb County, Georgia solicited E-Poll Book Encoder Stabilizer Brackets for PollPad integration. Broward County, Florida issued a pre-proposal notice for a Risk Management and Claims Administration System (RFP BLD2131488P1, questions due October 27, 2026, proposals due November 17, 2026) that may incorporate touch-pad interfaces as part of broader IT solutions, though the source does not explicitly confirm touch-pad inclusion. The State of California and City of Philadelphia have also posted activity in this space—California's ePad-ink electronic signature device procurement (IFB RFBIS27200228, due October 16, 2026) and Philadelphia's electronic signature pad quotation (RFQ B2627117, due May 18, 2026)—but neither identifies touch pads as a discrete line item. Geographic spread remains limited; most recent touch-pad-specific opportunities are from Georgia and California, with sporadic activity in Florida and the District of Columbia.