UNSPSC 46151500: Crowd control equipment

UNSPSC 46151500 Crowd control equipment is a Class code that encompasses non-lethal protective and interdiction devices deployed by law enforcement and corrections agencies, though the recent opportunities tagged under this code show significant scope drift and include firearms sales, chemical detection systems, and general MRO supplies that fall outside traditional crowd control. The work actually being solicited includes PepperBall launchers and projectiles, Long Range Acoustic Devices (LRAD), remote interdiction platforms using artificial intelligence, body armor, and occasional unrelated procurements. Issuing bodies span city police departments, county sheriff's offices, state corrections and state administrative agencies, and regional cooperative purchasing vehicles. Columbus Consolidated Government Police Department, Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office, and the Florida Department of Corrections appear as repeat or prominent recent buyers. The code is seeing activity across local law enforcement procurement (non-lethal weapons and protective gear), state corrections (security platforms), and state administrative use (facility security).

Recent opportunities concentrate in the Southeast, with solicitations from Georgia (Gwinnett County IWQ 1226275 for Long Range Acoustic Devices due May 27, 2026, and IWQ 127559 for PepperBall launchers due June 17, 2026), Florida (Florida Department of Corrections ITN FDC-ITN-27-015 for remote interdiction pilot program due October 8, 2026, with mandatory pre-reply conference September 14, 2026), Georgia (Columbus Consolidated Government RFB No. 27-0010 for used firearm trade-in due October 14, 2026), Massachusetts (Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office RFP for loading dock chemical detector system due September 18, 2026), North Carolina (City of Charlotte body armor RFP due July 29, 2026), Texas (City of Huntsville MRO supplies ITB), and Minnesota (Sourcewell cooperative procurement RFP due June 16, 2026). Activity is sporadic and geographically dispersed rather than concentrated in any single region or jurisdiction type, and the tagging inconsistency suggests procurement staff are applying this code broadly to law enforcement and corrections security equipment purchases regardless of fit.