UNSPSC 47131501: Rags

UNSPSC 47131501 Rags, a Commodity code, covers wiping and cleaning textiles that state and local governments procure for routine facility and food-service operations. School districts, cities, and other municipal entities are currently soliciting rags and cleaning towels for custodial supply chains, warehouse inventory, and kitchen operations — including terry cloth rags, shop towels, thermal blanket rags, sheeting material, and disposable wiping products used across multiple building types and operational contexts. The issuing bodies are predominantly independent school districts and city departments procuring on behalf of consolidated purchasing, with orders typically managed through blanket agreements or term contracts renewed annually or multi-year.

Recent solicitation activity spans Texas, Florida, and Missouri. Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas posted RFP 2026-071 for custodial supplies (due June 4, 2026), replacing an expiring contract and requiring all vendors to re-bid to maintain continuity. The City of St. Petersburg, Florida released IFB-26-0198 (due May 5, 2026) for general-purpose cleaning rags and towels — four line items including terry cloth rags (2,142 boxes annually), thermal blanket rags (59 boxes), shop towels (495 boxes), and sheeting material rags (1,915 boxes) — with a three-year initial award term and two optional one-year renewals. Rockwood R-VI School District in St. Louis County, Missouri solicited child nutrition services paper and supplies for 2026-27 (due April 28, 2026), encompassing approximately 200 line items that included cleaning and operational supplies for kitchen operations across 19 school locations serving approximately 6,900 daily lunch and 900 daily breakfast participants. Vendors in these solicitations must carry minimum commercial general liability insurance ($1,000,000 to $2,000,000 per occurrence), submit firm pricing for the contract term, and deliver on municipal or district schedules; the Florida and Missouri procurements require demonstration of good-faith efforts to utilize SBE, MBE, or WBE subcontractors where applicable.