UNSPSC 46182200: Ergonomic support aids

UNSPSC 46182200 Ergonomic support aids is a Class code covering ergonomic assessments, ergonomic consultation services, and related training delivered to state and local government workforces. State and local buyers under this code include state agencies, school districts, and cooperative purchasing consortia acquiring ergonomic assessment and consultation on an as-needed basis for employee accommodation and workplace injury prevention. The scope encompasses onsite, remote, and hybrid ergonomic assessments; written recommendations and follow-up evaluations; reasonable accommodation case consultation and interactive process support; and training or technical assistance for managers and staff on ergonomic best practices. Issuing bodies soliciting under the code span state departments (including cabinet-level arts agencies), counties, school districts operating through purchasing cooperatives, and multi-member cooperative consortia. Compensation is typically structured as fully burdened hourly rates by specialist type (ergonomic specialist, senior/complex case consultant, training consultant), with travel expenses included in the bid and monthly invoicing in arrears.

Recent activity centers in California and Texas. The California Arts Council posted RFP-26-015 on October 7, 2026, seeking a single-award three-year contract for reasonable accommodation, ergonomics assessment, and training services with a response deadline of October 22, 2026 and anticipated award on November 4, 2026; the RFP is open to California-based independent contractors, sole proprietors, small businesses, and nonprofit entities, with California Certified Small Business preference and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise incentives available. Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative (headquartered in Kilgore, Texas) posted SPE2628, a multi-vendor cooperative procurement for special education and supplies with an estimated expenditure of $2.7 million over two years, responding to a broad membership base across the cooperative's footprint; the deadline was October 1, 2026. A third recent posting—White County Board of Commissioners (Georgia) requesting ambulance garage structural repairs—appears to be miscoded under this UNSPSC and contains no ergonomic assessment or support-aid procurement activity.