UNSPSC 48111107: Cigarette machines

UNSPSC 48111107 Cigarette machines (Commodity) encompasses vending machine concession and operation services—including supply, installation, stocking, maintenance, and revenue-sharing arrangements for food, beverage, and snack machines deployed across municipal, county, airport, educational, and correctional facilities. State and local governments procure this category not as standalone cigarette-only equipment but as full-service vending operations that generate revenue through commission-based or lease arrangements. Recent solicitations show issuing bodies including city and county governments, airports, school districts, state departments, and correctional facilities, with repeat buyers such as Escambia County (Florida), Collin County (Texas), and multiple Georgia Department of Corrections facilities. The work involves placement of 25 to 140+ machines across designated locations, meeting accessibility and payment-technology standards (ADA compliance, cashless payment systems, energy-efficient certification), complying with food-safety and nutritional-labeling regulations (including USDA Smart Snacks guidelines in schools and wellness policies), maintaining service-level commitments (typically 24-48 hour response times and 90%+ uptime), and remitting commission percentages or revenue shares to the issuing body on a monthly or quarterly basis.

Geographic concentration spans Texas (McKinney, Collin County, Galveston County, Temple, Brownsville), Florida (Escambia County, Marion County, Doral, Okaloosa County), Georgia (multiple Department of Corrections and transitional facilities across Fulton, Mitchell, Taylor, and Pierce counties), Colorado (Parker), North Carolina (Wake County), Ohio (Cincinnati), Kansas (Olathe), California (Hayward), and Arizona (Phoenix), with standout activity in Texas and Florida. Representative recent opportunities include the City of McKinney, Texas RFP 2638 (automated vending concession at McKinney National Airport, proposals due August 13, 2026), Escambia County, Florida RFP PD2526091 (vending services across 27 county buildings with 87 machines, two-phase evaluation, proposals due August 25, 2026), Katy Independent School District RFP #2521SM (approximately 139 snack machines across 92 campuses with USDA Smart Snacks compliance, proposals due July 2, 2026), Collin County, Texas IFB 2026-325 (vending services across 18 county locations with estimated annual value of $142,000 and 26% current commission structure, bids due August 6, 2026), and Texas Workforce Commission RFP 3202600180 (approximately 145 machines across eight state agency locations with estimated total contract values ranging from $5,773 to $451,309, proposals due July 27, 2026).