UNSPSC 46150000: Law enforcement

UNSPSC 46150000 Law enforcement (Family) encompasses weapons, protective gear, tactical equipment, and specialized services for law enforcement and corrections agencies. State and local governments procuring under this code buy firearms and ammunition, body armor and tactical vests, night vision and imaging systems, less-lethal devices, ballistic shields, communications and surveillance equipment, uniforms and duty gear, K-9 supplies, and detention-facility security upgrades. Recent solicitations show school districts, county sheriff's offices, municipal police departments, and state law enforcement agencies using the code to source everything from single-unit precision items (Glock 17T pistols, Ameriglo sight sets, X-ray screening machines) to bundled contracts spanning uniforms, tactical gear, ammunition, and related services.

The issuing-body mix spans county sheriffs (Orange County California, Collin County Texas, Dorchester County South Carolina, Jefferson County Texas, Santa Clara County California), municipal police departments (Detroit, Dallas, Austin, Stamford, Orlando), state police agencies (Massachusetts Department of State Police, Michigan State Police, Illinois Secretary of State), school districts (Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Austin ISD, Portage Public Schools), and specialized correctional and detention facilities. Recent activity concentrates in Texas (Collin County, Jefferson County, Northside ISD, Austin ISD), California (Orange County, Santa Clara County), Florida (Orange County, Seminole County), and the upper Midwest and Northeast (Massachusetts, Michigan, Connecticut). Representative recent solicitations include Collin County's IFB 2026-389 for Tyco Raven sprinkler-head replacement in a county jail (bids due November 19, 2026, opinion of probable cost $150,000); Orange County California's IFB for law enforcement equipment and related supplies including pepper spray, ballistic helmets, and tactical vests with 5% small-business preference (due October 2, 2026); County of Orange's IFB for rifles and accessories including BCM RECCE-16 systems (due October 30, 2026); and Dorchester County South Carolina's informal quote solicitation for ten dual-tube night-vision goggles configured as Gen II/Gen II+ white phosphor binocular units (due October 20, 2026). Ammunition and firearms dominate the recent pipeline, with multiple school districts and police departments replacing expiring contracts; Massachusetts State Police is actively seeking radar and lidar equipment with calibration services (estimated annual expenditure $296,000 over an eight-year term with three optional two-year renewals). Cooperative purchasing through Sourcewell and other regional vehicles appears frequently, particularly for communications systems, remote firing devices, and less-lethal equipment packages. Illinois has posted two separate X-ray screening-machine solicitations for the State Capitol Complex (one in September 2026, one in October 2026), suggesting ongoing asset replacement cycles in high-security facilities. Set-asides and preferences vary by issuer—Orange County applies a 5% local small-business or disabled-veteran preference; Detroit applies a Detroit-based business equalization credit of up to 12 percent; prevailing-wage requirements appear consistently in Texas and California solicitations. The code sees steady, granular procurement activity with response windows typically two to six weeks and a mix of IFB, RFP, and RFQ notice types reflecting both standardized-equipment buys and complex tactical-systems implementations.