UNSPSC 44121611: Paper or eyelet punches

UNSPSC 44121611 Paper or eyelet punches, a Commodity code, covers office supplies equipment for punching holes in paper documents and materials—a narrow but foundational consumable category that state and local buyers source through cooperative purchasing vehicles and direct institutional procurement. State and local governments purchase punches as part of broader office supplies programs serving schools, administrative offices, and operational facilities. The recent activity shows this code embedded within larger office supplies portfolios rather than purchased in isolation; buyers acquire punches as line items within multi-hundred-product cooperative bids alongside folders, fasteners, binders, and storage solutions. The issuing bodies include cooperative purchasing organizations serving school districts and, by extension, the member districts themselves. The Cooperative Purchasing Agency (CPA), a Georgia-based non-profit cooperative serving 35 school systems, represents the dominant solicitation vehicle in recent records.

The geographic footprint is concentrated in Georgia, where CPA's membership spans the state's school districts. CPA issued Bid 2027-006 on August 10, 2026, soliciting office and desktop supplies across approximately 150 line items with estimated annual quantities ranging from 1 unit to 7,000 units by product; the contract period runs January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2027, with bids and physical samples due September 29, 2026 at 8:45 a.m. CPA requires F.O.B. destination pricing to its Cleveland, Georgia warehouse with all delivery charges included, mandatory physical samples for most items unless vendors propose CPA's currently carried or previously approved brands, W-9 forms from new vendors, and three references when applicable. Award decisions rest on vendor relations, past performance, service, warranty validity, customer feedback, and product performance—not lowest price alone. Responses are accepted electronically at bids@cpa4schools.com or by USPS mail to PO Box 217, Cleveland, Georgia 30528, with Net 30 payment terms after purchase order completion.