UNSPSC 43232004: Family software

Family titles are software whose content is purely used to provide information to the entire family. They include cooking, gardening, astrology, automobile and other titles of interest to the whole family.

UNSPSC 43232004, Family software, is a Commodity code encompassing enterprise and departmental software subscriptions, platforms, and licensing that state and local governments procure to support operational, administrative, and service-delivery functions. Recent activity shows demand for IT service management platforms, student information and assessment systems, utility billing and customer information systems, accessibility remediation tools, emergency dispatch and public-safety software, document management workflows, and specialized domain applications such as library systems, budgeting tools, and destination marketing platforms. State and local buyers under this code span school districts (particularly large urban districts such as Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida), city and county governments, transit authorities, utilities, public universities, and special districts. Hillsborough County Public Schools appears repeatedly as a buyer, posting sole-source notices for ChildPlus Head Start management software, Curriculum Associates' ELLevation English language learner platform, Nutrislice meal-ordering and digital signage, and competitive solicitations for integrated library systems and comprehensive student assessment platforms. Valencia College in Florida is procuring ITSM and accessibility remediation platforms through requests for information. The City of Orlando Utilities Commission is seeking ITSM platform implementations and renewing Atlassian licensing. Broader geographic spread includes recent solicitations in Texas (Austin, Houston, Bexar County school districts), Georgia (Gwinnett County, Collier County Florida utility customers), South Carolina (Greenville County tax and auditor software), Connecticut (New Haven FOIA management), California (Orange County, Palo Alto, Milpitas), Wisconsin (Dane County sheriff ALPR evidence management), and statewide procurements by Oregon, Texas, and Illinois. The code sees particularly heavy activity from K–12 school districts and municipal utilities.

Representative recent solicitations include Hillsborough County Public Schools' competitive RFP 26114 for an Integrated Library System (ILS) to replace SirsiDynix Symphony across 220+ school library locations, closing April 10, 2026; Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP 26112 for a Comprehensive Student Assessment Platform to administer 3,154 tests annually and migrate four years of historical data, also due April 10, 2026 with SBEP small-business set-aside requirements and 35-point cost evaluation weighting; Valencia College's Request for Information RFI202605 for an ITSM and Customer Service Management platform with functional requirements for AI-powered chatbots, incident and asset management, and 99.9% uptime, due August 26, 2025; the City of Augusta, Georgia's RFP 26-275 for a cloud-based utilities Customer Information System supporting 75,000 accounts with Temetra AMI and Cityworks integration, due August 26, 2026; and Greenville County's RFP 25031 for a Document Management Workflow system within the Cityworks environment for land development automation, due October 22, 2024. Recent sole-source notices from Hillsborough County target narrow, specialized tools: ChildPlus for Head Start enrollment and assessment (Procare Software, LLC), Ellevation for English Language Learner data tracking (Curriculum Associates LLC), Nutrislice for meal pre-ordering and digital signage, and Good Image Title I budgeting software. The City of Alexandria's RFP 2009 for a next-generation CAD/AVL system for the DASH transit authority is due August 18, 2026 with 15-point cost weighting and zero DBE goal. Activity is active and ongoing, with a mix of competitive RFPs emphasizing cost evaluation, technical capability, and integration readiness alongside sole-source procurements justified by proprietary data continuity, exclusive IP rights, or specialized functional fit. No geographic or issuing-body cluster dominates; opportunity distribution reflects the diversity of state and local IT infrastructure modernization efforts across education, public safety, utilities, and general administration.