UNSPSC 46181554: Cooling vest

Cooling vests are designed to be worn in high temperature work enviroments. They can be considered safety or work apparel.

UNSPSC 46181554 Cooling vest is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code's nominal scope—personal thermal-regulation apparel—does not align with the recent opportunities posted under this tag. The sourced solicitations span occupational protective equipment (hip boots and rain suits for Dallas floodway operations; water rescue dry suits and personal flotation devices for Sarasota County emergency services), medical supplies and equipment distribution (MMCAP cooperative purchasing for $300 million in annual medical supply volume; Seminole County's procurement of naloxone and drug deactivation systems), fire department uniforms and tactical apparel (Owensboro Fire Department embroidered uniforms; Phoenix Fire Department battle dress uniforms and tactical gear), general safety items and accessories (Town of Palm Beach safety items RFB), instructional resources (Klein ISD Career Technical Education and Advanced Academics RFP), and thermal foot and hand warmers (Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority procurement of IceTrekkers footwear and chemical warmers). None of these solicitations explicitly target cooling vests or thermal-regulation garments in the occupational or emergency-services context the code describes.

The issuing bodies span county purchasing offices (Seminole County, Sarasota County, Escambia County), municipal procurement (City of Dallas, City of Phoenix, City of Owensboro, Town of Palm Beach), transit authorities (Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority), state cooperative purchasing vehicles (Minnesota Multigovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Alliance), and school districts (Klein Independent School District). The opportunities cluster in Florida (Seminole, Sarasota, Escambia counties; Palm Beach), Texas (Dallas, Phoenix, Harris County), and Minnesota, with limited recent activity explicitly addressing cooling-vest procurement. The mismatch between the code's nominal product class and the actual goods solicited—protective apparel, medical equipment, uniforms, and thermal accessories—suggests either a data-classification discrepancy or that cooling-vest demand through state and local channels remains sparse relative to related personal protective equipment categories.