UNSPSC 48131501: Funeral ash box or cremation urn

A container that places the ashes after cremating the body.

UNSPSC 48131501 Funeral ash box or cremation urn is a Commodity code, but recent state and local contract opportunities show no procurement activity aligned with the code's nominal scope. The four most recent opportunities posted under this code cover mortality resources and disaster response services (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), career and technical education instructional resources (Klein Independent School District), major incident standby services (Collier County Emergency Management Division), and walk-in freezer equipment replacement (Escambia County Department of Animal Welfare). None of these solicitations request funeral ash boxes or cremation urns, nor do they reference procurement of these items as part of a broader service scope.

The mismatch between the code taxonomy and actual procurement activity suggests that either the code was misapplied during opportunity tagging or that state and local agencies do not routinely solicit cremation urns through formal bid processes at the UNSPSC commodity level. The source contains no evidence of active or recent demand for funeral ash boxes or cremation urns from state departments, counties, cities, school districts, or other local public bodies. Firms targeting this code should verify the accuracy of opportunity classifications before investing bid-and-proposal resources, as the recent record does not support meaningful activity under the code's actual scope.