UNSPSC 46101601: Defense or law enforcement ammunition

UNSPSC 46101601 Defense or law enforcement ammunition, a Commodity code, encompasses factory-loaded ammunition in handgun, rifle, and shotgun calibers purchased by law enforcement and state agencies for duty carry, training, and range use. State and local buyers typically procure nine-millimeter, .40-caliber, .45-caliber, .308 Winchester, .223 Remington, 5.56mm NATO, .38 Special, .357 SIG, 12-gauge shotgun, and specialized rounds including frangible training ammunition and less-lethal projectiles. Issuing bodies include city police departments, county law enforcement agencies, state departments (such as Florida's Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and California's Department of General Services), and regional education service centers acting on behalf of multi-jurisdictional cooperative purchasing groups. The code also covers trade or exchange transactions involving used and confiscated firearms paired with new rifle purchases, as exemplified by Columbus Consolidated Government Police Department's bid for a swap of 306 confiscated weapons and upper receivers for Heckler & Koch rifles.

Recent activity spans Arizona, Texas, Georgia, Florida, New Hampshire, and California. The California Department of General Services issued a statewide mandatory IFB (0000037533) for factory-loaded ammunition with a historical three-year contract value of $20.44 million, closing July 10, 2026 with a mandatory bidders' conference on June 26. Collin County Law Enforcement in Texas solicited live ammunition and less-lethal equipment under IFB 2026-183 with an estimated annual contract value of $84,250 and a June 25 response deadline. The City of Nashua, New Hampshire issued RFP 0024-072226 for six ammunition product lines with proposals due July 22, 2026 and cost weighted at 40 percent in evaluation. Region 14 Education Service Center issued RFP26S1097 on behalf of 42 school districts across 13 counties in West Texas through OMNIA Partners, establishing a nationwide cooperative purchasing agreement with an estimated annual contract volume of approximately $500,000 and proposals due June 4, 2026. Yuma County, Arizona solicited pistol and rifle ammunition under RFB27138 with bids due October 13, 2026.