UNSPSC 44112004: Meeting planners

UNSPSC 44112004 Meeting planners, a Commodity code, encompasses event coordination and banquet services that state and local governments buy to plan conferences, awards ceremonies, and multi-day gatherings. Recent solicitations show state procurement offices and school cooperatives purchasing comprehensive venue and event-management packages, including site selection, catering coordination, audio-visual setup, lodging arrangements, and security protocols for large-attendance state functions. The work spans both one-time ceremonial events and ongoing catalog-based office-supply coordination services, though the latter represents a secondary interpretation of the code's application in practice.

The issuing-body mix includes state divisions of purchasing, county procurement offices, and cooperative purchasing agencies serving school districts. The State of Utah Division of Purchasing conducted an RFP on behalf of the Department of Public Safety for banquet and hotel services for a 650-guest awards ceremony scheduled for November 5, 2026, with proposals due July 7, 2026—the most substantive recent opportunity under the code. Gwinnett County in Georgia issued a local-vendor preference solicitation for office supplies catalog discounts due October 16, 2026. Cooperative Purchasing Agency, a Georgia-based non-profit serving 35 school systems, issued an IFB for office and desktop supplies (150+ line items) with bids due September 29, 2026, requiring physical samples and pricing quoted F.O.B. Cleveland, Georgia. Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Utah, with minimal additional documented volume elsewhere. The code shows limited recent state and local procurement volume overall; the opportunities present do not uniformly align with the "meeting planners" commodity designation, suggesting either misclassification in source tagging or a narrow niche application within event-coordination contracting.