UNSPSC 44122117: Book rings

UNSPSC 44122117 Book rings, a Commodity code, represents binding and fastening supplies that state and local governments procure as part of broader office-supply portfolios. The code encompasses rings, bindings, and related fastening hardware used in classrooms, administrative offices, and support operations across school systems and municipal departments. While book rings appear as line items within larger office-supply solicitations rather than as standalone products, they are routinely included in multi-item RFQs and cooperative-purchasing bids alongside folders, binders, fasteners, and storage solutions. School districts and cooperative purchasing agencies constitute the primary issuing bodies under this code, with emphasis on educational institutions managing classroom and administrative supplies at scale.

The Cooperative Purchasing Agency (CPA), a Georgia-based non-profit serving 35 school systems across that state, posted Bid 2027-006 on August 10, 2026, soliciting office and desktop supplies including fasteners and binding materials with a response deadline of September 29, 2026. The scope encompasses approximately 150 line items with estimated annual quantities ranging from 1 unit to 7,000 units by product type; the contract period runs January 1 through December 31, 2027, with delivery expected within 30 days of purchase order issuance and all pricing quoted F.O.B. destination to CPA's warehouse in Cleveland, Georgia. Vendors must submit physical samples for most items unless proposing a currently carried or previously approved brand, and CPA explicitly reserves the right to award individual items or combinations based on vendor relations, past performance, service, warranty, customer feedback, and brand changeover costs rather than lowest price alone. Recent activity under this code centers on Georgia school district procurement, with book rings typically appearing as supporting line items within larger cooperative-purchasing office-supply awards rather than as primary contract drivers.