UNSPSC 44121619: Manual pencil sharpener

Device used for sharpening the point of a pencil where the blade is rotated by a manual crank.

UNSPSC 44121619 Manual pencil sharpener is a Commodity code covering small office supplies purchased by state and local education systems, school cooperatives, and districts for classroom and administrative use. State and local buyers source manual pencil sharpeners as part of broader office and desktop supply procurement — typically bundled with writing instruments, markers, binders, fasteners, and storage solutions in consolidated bids that serve multiple schools or departments. Orders range from single units to modest quantities, with annual purchases often under 100 units per district depending on school size and usage patterns. The issuing bodies are predominantly school systems and cooperative purchasing agencies that aggregate demand across multiple districts to achieve volume pricing and streamlined vendor management. Georgia-based cooperative purchasing vehicles dominate the visible recent activity, serving networks of 35 or more school systems in statewide or multi-district arrangements.

The Cooperative Purchasing Agency (CPA), a Georgia non-profit cooperative serving 35 school systems, posted bid 2027-006 for office and desktop supplies on August 10, 2026, with response due September 29, 2026 at 8:45 a.m., and the contract period running January 1 through December 31, 2027. The CPA solicitation encompasses approximately 150+ line items including pencil sharpeners and related writing and storage supplies, with annual quantities ranging from 1 to 7,000 units depending on product; pricing is quoted F.O.B. destination to CPA's warehouse in Cleveland, Georgia, with Net 30 payment terms. Physical samples are mandatory unless the bidder proposes CPA's currently carried brand or a previously approved brand, and award is based on vendor relations, past performance, service, warranty, customer feedback, product performance, and brand changeover costs rather than price alone. New vendors must submit W-9 forms and three references, and bids are accepted electronically at bids@cpa4schools.com or by USPS mail to PO Box 217, Cleveland, Georgia 30528.