UNSPSC 44122027: Expandable file folders

UNSPSC 44122027 Expandable file folders (Commodity) covers letter-size and legal-size expandable folders with side or end tabs, gussets, and fasteners that state and local governments buy for centralized office and classroom supply warehouses, court record systems, and departmental filing operations. Recent solicitations show school districts, county governments, and cooperative purchasing organizations procuring these folders as part of broader office-supply contracts, often alongside fixed folders, labels, binders, and paper products. Issuing bodies include independent school districts (Pinellas County Schools, Polk County Schools, Griffin Regional Educational Service Agency), county purchasing offices (Gwinnett County Financial Services, Orange County Sheriff-Coroner), and cooperative purchasing agencies serving multiple school systems (Cooperative Purchasing Agency serving 35 Georgia school systems). Solicitations typically bundle expandable folders into multi-line-item, multi-category buys rather than standalone procurements, though the Orange County Sheriff-Coroner IFB explicitly names expandable Barkley folders in 3-inch and 5-inch expansions as distinct line items with annual usage in the thousands.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Florida. Representative opportunities include Griffin Regional Educational Service Agency (IFB 2027, bids due November 6, 2026) requesting sealed bids for office supplies including filing materials as part of a requirements contract with one-year base and three optional renewal periods; Pinellas County Schools (ITB 26HO014, bids due April 30, 2026) seeking classroom and office supplies with 36 paper-supply line items including file folders at an approximate annual contract value of $330,000; Cooperative Purchasing Agency (Bid 2027-006, bids due September 29, 2026) soliciting approximately 150+ line items of office supplies including file folders for 35 Georgia school systems with annual quantities up to 7,000 units; and Orange County Sheriff-Coroner (IFB 060-3015801-MB, bids due March 26, 2026) requesting custom and expandable folders with annual usage of 5,000 expanding folders combined across a three-year contract with two renewal options. Most contracts run 12 months with optional renewal periods and require F.O.B. destination pricing, firm prices for the base year, and compliance with state-specific certifications and insurance requirements.