UNSPSC 43233200: Security and protection software

File security or data security software are used to prevent access to files or data by allowing only authorised users to access them. They employ password protection or encryption methods on files or data to do their job.

UNSPSC 43233200 Security and protection software is a Class code covering software platforms that state and local governments purchase to manage IT service delivery, accessibility remediation, learning management, student data, facility operations, emergency response, and threat detection. Recent state and local solicitations show Valencia College in Florida conducting RFIs for IT Service Management (ITSM) and Customer Service Management platforms and for accessibility remediation solutions for digital content; Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) in Florida sole-sourcing ChildPlus Head Start management software and Title I budgeting software; the State of Texas procuring JAMS scheduling subscription services; the Employees Retirement System of Texas requesting proposals for IRS Form 1099-R transmission software; and Greenville County, South Carolina seeking tax and auditor software to replace aging legacy systems. Issuing bodies span state agencies, school districts, county governments, and special-purpose entities like utility commissions, which regularly enter competitive solicitations (RFPs, RFQs) and sole-source procurements. Florida school districts and state procurement offices dominate recent activity, with secondary activity in Texas, Georgia, California, Connecticut, Maryland, Ohio, and South Carolina.

Representative recent opportunities include Valencia College's RFI for ITSM and CSM platforms posted 19 October 2026 with responses due 26 August 2025, seeking comprehensive service delivery and asset management capabilities with AI-powered integration; Hillsborough County Public Schools' sole-source notice for ChildPlus software posted 19 September 2026 (responses due 27 July 2026) for Head Start enrollment and developmental profile assessment; the State of Texas seeking Employees Retirement System Form 1099-R transmission software under RFP 26-15697-001 posted 13 October 2026 with proposals due 20 October 2026, requiring validation and electronic filing of approximately 150,000 annual records to the IRS IRIS system; and Greenville County's RFQ for tax and auditor software posted 9 October 2026 with bids due 23 October 2026, specifying nine functional categories including auditor search, tax collection point-of-sale, and real property management with integration to Munis, GIS, and DMV systems. Sole-source and intentional-single-source procurements are common in education and utility sectors when vendors hold proprietary data or platform continuity justifies non-competitive acquisition.