UNSPSC 48140000: Professional service robot

Robots that perform professional tasks or provide services for unspecified people.

UNSPSC 48140000 Professional service robot, a Family code, encompasses educational robotics platforms, collaborative robotic arms for classroom and laboratory instruction, and specialized service robots for municipal operations—a scope illustrated by recent school district and public agency procurement of tabletop robotic systems, STEM education kits with robotics components, athletic field painters, and collaborative robot workstations with grippers and safety-certified hardware. State and local solicitation activity under this code spans school districts (including independent school districts in Texas and multi-district cooperative purchasing consortia), community colleges procuring laboratory equipment, municipalities seeking specialized operational robotics for parks and facilities management, and county-level cooperative purchasing authorities. School districts dominate the current activity, with instructional materials and STEM kits bundling robotics supplies alongside broader teaching resources; district-level buying is typically organized through catalog discount bids and framework agreements administered by educational service cooperatives or purchasing consortia, allowing multiple districts to draw down volume-discounted pricing as needed.

Recent procurement activity appears concentrated in Texas, Arizona, and Colorado, with secondary activity spanning Washington, Minnesota, and Florida. Representative opportunities include Katy Independent School District (Harris County, Texas) issuing RFP #2428KD-A on May 29, 2026, for teaching and instructional materials including robotics supplies, with response due May 29, 2026; Cartwright Elementary School District No. 83, on behalf of the SAVE consortium serving multiple Arizona school districts and municipalities, posting RFP #260331 on May 21, 2026, for STEM and College & Career Readiness Kits and Programs with June 8, 2026, proposal due date and estimated annual usage of $1,346,000 across fifteen participating districts; Arapahoe Community College, on behalf of Colorado, soliciting quotes for a Universal Robots UR5e Collaborative Robot Arm with workstation, grippers, and accessories through Documented Quote DQ26-3-4126, posted April 16–22, 2026, due April 24, 2026, with Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business preference; and the City of Fort Worth (Tarrant County, Texas) issuing RFQt #26-0123 on March 2, 2026, for a robotic athletic field painter with RTK-GNSS positioning, onsite training, and one-year term with four renewal options, due March 9, 2026. Cooperative purchasing vehicles and framework agreements dominate the procurement structure, particularly among school districts, enabling participating jurisdictions to issue purchase orders against established vendor lists rather than repeating competitive bidding cycles.