UNSPSC 44121704: Ball point pens

UNSPSC 44121704 Ball point pens is a Commodity code that encompasses writing instruments and related items purchased by state and local governments for office supply, classroom use, and specialized voting-system applications. State and local buyers under this code include county purchasing divisions, school district cooperatives, and special-purpose procurement consortiums. The scope extends beyond traditional ball point pens to disposable styluses designed for specific government hardware — such as capacitive-touch voting systems — as well as general-purpose writing instruments and markers bundled within office supply contracts. Counties and school cooperatives issue requests for quotation (RFQ) and formal bids on these items, often combining them with broader office-supply categories to consolidate vendor management and delivery logistics.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia, where Gwinnett County Financial Services Purchasing Division issued an RFQ (PE77023NONST2027000000770) on September 29, 2026 for 250,000 disposable styluses compatible with Dominion Voting BMD systems, with quotations due October 5, 2026 and a fixed two-phase delivery schedule ending October 23, 2026; the previous award to Top Choice International Trading Corp. established a unit price of $0.08 per stylus. The Cooperative Purchasing Agency (CPA), a Georgia-based non-profit serving 35 school systems, simultaneously bid approximately 150+ line items of office supplies including writing instruments under Bid 2027-006, with bids due September 29, 2026; pricing is FOB destination to CPA's warehouse in Cleveland, Georgia, with delivery anticipated within 30 days of purchase order issuance and award criteria favoring vendor relations, past performance, and service over price alone.