UNSPSC 45111702: Audio jack boxes

UNSPSC 45111702 Audio jack boxes — a Commodity code — covers connector infrastructure and audio signal distribution hardware that state and local governments buy to support classroom AV systems, conference room technology, and facility-wide audio-visual integrations. Recent solicitation activity reveals that this code understates the actual scope of state and local AV procurement: school districts, universities, counties, and cities are buying integrated AV solutions—projectors, interactive panels, sound systems, control consoles, cabling, and installation services—under broader audio-visual equipment and systems categories, not discrete jack boxes. The code sits at the bottom tier of a taxonomy designed around component parts rather than the bundled systems and services that dominate modern procurement. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under or near this code include school districts (Northside Independent School District in Texas, Walled Lake Consolidated in Michigan, DeKalb County and Jones County in Georgia, Cobb County and Fulton County in Georgia, Cleveland Metropolitan in Ohio, Hillsborough County in Florida, Valencia College in Florida), county governments and special districts (Wake County in North Carolina, Gwinnett County in Georgia, Monroe County in Florida, Volusia County in Florida, Atlanta Regional Commission), city procurement offices (Arlington, Santa Monica, Orlando, St. Marys, New Haven), transit and public-purpose authorities (New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission), and state agencies (University of Texas at Austin, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Railroad Commission of Texas, Texas A&M System Office of Facilities Planning & Construction, Los Angeles Court, District of Columbia). The geographic spread of recent activity spans Texas, Georgia, Florida, Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina, California, and the Pacific Northwest, with particular concentration in Texas school districts and Florida county and municipal governments.

Representative recent opportunities illustrate the mismatch between the code's component focus and actual procurement practice. Northside Independent School District (San Antonio) issued RFP 2026072 in July 2026 for an indefinite-quantity contract covering classroom projectors, AV equipment, procurement, installation, removal, and repair services, due August 6, 2026—a consolidated replacement of two prior contracts and a true systems-integration engagement. The City of Santa Monica issued RFP 2026RFP00034 (due August 3, 2026) seeking five-year comprehensive AV systems integration, maintenance, and support services across citywide facilities, with prevailing wage and California contractor licensing requirements; the City of Arlington, Texas issued RFP 260265 (due August 20, 2026) for LED video walls to replace monitors in council chambers and briefing rooms. At the higher-education tier, the University of Texas at Austin issued RFP 721-26074 (due May 15, 2026) for Bass Concert Hall audio renovation including speaker systems, wireless microphones, fiber and copper cabling, acoustic treatment, and three years of rental equipment support; the Texas A&M System Office of Facilities Planning & Construction issued RFQ RFQ01FPC26281 (due June 23, 2026) establishing a master services agreement with multiple AV integrators for design, procurement, and installation across campuses. School districts dominate the low-end: Jones County School System (Georgia) sought 30 ViewSonic interactive flat panels with installation (RFP 26-61, due May 18, 2026); Cobb County School District (Georgia) sought audiovisual equipment and supplies on an as-needed basis (IFB B26103, due May 13, 2026, with estimated annual expenditure of $350,000). The code shows minimal recent activity specifically for audio jack boxes as a standalone product line; instead, vendors win work by competing on integrated system design, installation capability, service continuity, prevailing wage compliance, insurance, and local-government-specific qualifications such as CTS certification, E-Verify compliance, and ability to work within active facility schedules.