UNSPSC 46110000: Conventional war weapons

UNSPSC 46110000 Conventional war weapons, a Family code, encompasses the law-enforcement protective equipment, tactical gear, weapons systems, and specialized security apparatus that state and local public safety agencies currently procure—a scope that diverges sharply from the abstract category name and reflects active demand among sheriffs' offices, police departments, transit authorities, school districts, and corrections facilities for body armor, ballistic shields, rifles, suppressors, thermal imaging scopes, night vision goggles, and tactical accessories. Recent solicitations show counties and municipalities buying dual-tube night vision goggles (Dorchester County, South Carolina; Portage Public Schools for body armor outer carriers), full-body scanner systems for detention facilities (Collin County, Texas), ballistic shields mandated by state law (Austin ISD), law enforcement uniforms and duty gear (Northside Independent School District, City of Detroit), crime-scene forensic supplies (Harris County, Texas), and conducted energy weapons and less-lethal equipment through cooperative purchasing vehicles. The issuing bodies span county sheriffs' departments, municipal police agencies, independent school districts with law enforcement divisions, county jails and corrections bureaus, transit police, and state law-enforcement agencies—with Collin County, Texas; multiple school districts in Texas; and Santa Clara County, California appearing repeatedly as active buyers within the recent-opportunities window.

Geographic concentration in recent activity centers on Texas (Collin County, Harris County, Northside ISD in San Antonio, Austin ISD, City of Dallas, City of Owensboro Kentucky, Michigan State Police), California (Santa Clara County, Portage Public Schools Michigan, San Martin Animal Shelter), Florida (Dorchester County South Carolina, Orange County Florida, Seminole County), and the upper Midwest and Northeast, with Illinois Secretary of State and New Hampshire Department of Administrative Services participating in cooperative-purchasing frameworks. Representative recent procurements include Collin County's sealed-bid IFB for institutional sprinkler-head replacement at the Collin County Jail with a $150,000 probable cost and November 19, 2026 response date; Dorchester County's informal quotation for ten dual-tube night vision goggles (Generation II/II+ White Phosphor) due October 20, 2026; Michigan State Police's RFP for 45 Sons of Liberty Gun Works MK1 rifles with suppressors and trade-in of 55 Select-Fire Sig Sauer MCX rifles, proposals due July 29, 2026; Northside Independent School District's sealed-bid RFP for law enforcement firearms, ammunition, and tactical gear due July 23, 2026 and August 20, 2026 (replacing expiring RFP 2024-140); Harris County Sheriff's Office ITB for crime-scene supplies and forensic items due June 8, 2026; and Austin ISD Police Department's RFP for ARC Black Compact Response Shields (NIJ Rifle Level III) and tactical pry breaching tools mandated under Texas House Bill 33, proposals due August 11, 2026. Conducted energy weapons procurements are increasingly channeled through Sourcewell cooperative agreements, such as Illinois Chief Procurement Office's participation in Sourcewell RFP 070726 for conducted energy weapons less-lethal equipment and related accessories, closing July 7, 2026, and the Illinois Secretary of State's direct purchase of remote firing devices and transmitters through Sourcewell cooperative contract 080922-SAF with Safeware, Inc., bypassing competitive bidding at negotiated cooperative pricing.