UNSPSC 49101701: Medals

UNSPSC 49101701 Medals (Commodity) covers employee recognition awards and service-milestone gifts that state and local governments procure for workforce acknowledgment programs. The work involves sourcing, customizing, and delivering physical recognition items — medals, certificates, plaques, and gift selections — tied to employee tenure milestones, typically at one-year and five-year service increments. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code include counties and cities; Walworth County and the City of Austin have posted recent RFPs and IFBs for employee service recognition programs. Vendors competing in this space must provide curated product selections across multiple price points, fulfill personalized certificates or congratulatory correspondence, operate web-based award catalogs, and ship directly to employee residences. Insurance, business licensing, and demonstrated prior experience in similar recognition programs are standard requirements.

Recent activity spans Texas and Wisconsin. Walworth County issued RFP 26-069 for an Employee Service Recognition Awards Program with proposals due July 20, 2026, projecting approximately 254 award recipients in 2027 across service levels ranging from one year through 50 years, with contract terms of one year plus four optional one-year renewals effective January 1, 2027. The City of Austin posted IFB5000RBB1012 for Citywide Service Awards with a June 30, 2026 response deadline; the available solicitation summary does not specify volumes, materials, customization scope, or evaluation criteria. Both opportunities require vendors to meet insurance minimums (typically $1 million general liability coverage) and document prior experience. Walworth County explicitly requires Wisconsin business licensing and a minimum three-year track record of comparable service; the County will not accept proposals with credit card processing fees or minimum transaction thresholds and prefers post-delivery Visa P-Card payment.