UNSPSC 46101601: Defense or law enforcement ammunition

UNSPSC 46101601 Defense or law enforcement ammunition is a Commodity code covering live-fire ammunition procured by law enforcement and corrections agencies, with recent state and local solicitations naming nine specific ammunition types across handgun calibers (9mm Luger, .38 Special, .357 SIG, .40 S&W, .45 ACP), shotgun (12-gauge), and rifle calibers (.223 Remington/5.56mm NATO, .308 Winchester/7.62mm NATO, .338 Lapua). State and local governments buy duty ammunition meeting FBI Ammunition Test Protocol requirements, training rounds with lighter ballistic specifications, lead-free variants for indoor range use, and less-lethal rounds alongside live ammunition. Issuing bodies include state law enforcement departments (California Department of General Services, Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles), county sheriff's offices and law enforcement agencies (Collin County Texas, Milwaukee County Wisconsin, Rockland County New York), municipal police departments (City of Nashua New Hampshire, City of Yuma Arizona, City of Charlotte North Carolina), and regional purchasing cooperatives serving education and public-sector entities (Region 14 Education Service Center via OMNIA Partners, Capitol Region Council of Governments in Connecticut). The code also captures cooperative purchasing arrangements available to statewide political subdivisions, as seen in the Rockland County solicitation establishing contracts for all New York State law enforcement agencies.

Recent activity spans California, New Hampshire, Texas, Wisconsin, New York, Connecticut, Arizona, and Florida. Representative opportunities include the California Department of General Services' IFB 0000037533 for factory-loaded ammunition to establish a three-year mandatory statewide contract with an estimated value of $20.44 million over the contract term, bidders' conference June 26, 2026, and bids due July 10, 2026; the City of Nashua's RFP 0024-072226 for six ammunition product lines with specific case quantities, questions due July 1, 2026, proposals due July 22, 2026; Collin County Law Enforcement's IFB 2026-183 covering live ammunition and less-lethal equipment with sealed bids due June 25, 2026, annual contract value estimated at $84,250, and twelve-month initial term with two optional renewals; and Milwaukee County Sheriff Training Academy's ITB for eight ammunition line items due February 6, 2026. Cooperative purchasing solicitations such as Region 14 ESC's RFP26S1097 (proposals due June 4, 2026) and Rockland County's RFB RFBRC2026035 (bids due April 23, 2026) establish contracts available across multiple states or all New York State political subdivisions. A one-source procurement from Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles with Florida Bullet, Inc. (objection deadline July 28, 2026) shows usage of single-source authority in the space. Most recent solicitations employ competitive sealed-bid (IFB) or request-for-proposal (RFP) methods; pricing is typically quoted per-round, per-case, or as percentage discount off manufacturer MSRP; and evaluation criteria weight cost heavily alongside vendor qualifications, insurance, and in some jurisdictions DBE participation or environmentally sound products.