UNSPSC 46181709: Face protection kit

A assortment of devices to protect the face including safety glasses or goggles, facial shields, taps to protect ears and others.

UNSPSC 46181709 Face protection kit is a Commodity code with sparse recent activity that does not align with typical protective eyewear or respiratory protection. The recent opportunities tagged under this code span naloxone and drug deactivation systems (Seminole County, Florida), full-line medical supplies distribution across 8,000 government members nationally (Minnesota Multigovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Alliance), hip boots and rain suits for floodway operations (City of Dallas), swift-water rescue equipment including dry suits and personal flotation devices (Sarasota County, Florida), fire department uniforms and embroidered apparel (City of Owensboro, Kentucky; City of Phoenix), general safety items and accessories (Town of Palm Beach, Florida), career and technical education instructional resources (Klein Independent School District, Texas), and chemical hand and foot warmers and specialized footwear (Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority). The code appears to be misapplied across these solicitations; the nominal scope — face protection kit — does not match the actual goods being procured, which range from pharmaceutical supplies to apparel to rescue equipment.

The issuing bodies include county health departments and emergency services, state-level cooperative purchasing alliances, municipal procurement offices, special-purpose districts (transit authority), and school districts across Florida, Texas, Minnesota, Kentucky, and Arizona. The single most substantive opportunity is the Minnesota Multigovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Alliance RFP posted June 12, 2026, with a due date of July 20, 2026, which seeks full-line medical supplies and equipment distributors to serve approximately 8,000 actively purchasing government members with collective annual medical supply purchasing power of approximately $300 million, requiring respondents to demonstrate secure online ordering systems, capacity to supply at least twenty states, minimum four years of domestic operations, average monthly sales of at least $2 million, and at least 750 active ship-to locations monthly. Recent activity shows no concentrated pattern under the code's stated definition and suggests either tagging error or significant divergence between the code's intended scope and actual state and local procurement needs.