UNSPSC 49161503: Baseballs

UNSPSC 49161503 Baseballs is a Commodity code that captures state and local procurement of athletic balls, equipment, and related supplies for recreational and competitive sports use. Recent state and local opportunities classified under this code show substantial scope divergence from the code's nominal focus on baseballs alone; solicitations are tagging broader athletic supplies catalogs, team sports equipment bundles, and facility infrastructure (such as batting cage installation and softball pitching mats) under the same code number. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with Donna ISD, Los Fresnos Consolidated ISD, Harlingen Consolidated ISD, and Marion County Schools all posting catalog discount or as-needed vendor list RFPs; county governments and special-purpose districts (Sarasota County Parks, Gwinnett County Parks & Recreation) and a higher-education institution (Albany State University) also solicit under the code. Cooperative purchasing vehicles appear frequently, including AEPA's 31-state athletic supplies cooperative procurement and Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative's two-year catalog discount bid covering estimated expenditures of $13.5 million across member organizations.

Geographic activity spans Texas (Donna ISD, Harlingen ISD, Los Fresnos ISD in Cameron and Hidalgo counties), Florida (Marion County Schools, Sarasota County), Georgia (Gwinnett County, Albany State University), and multi-state cooperative vehicles. Representative recent opportunities include Donna ISD's April 2026 catalog bid for baseball equipment and supplies with a one-year term effective September 2026 through August 2027 (RFP 011326-877, response due April 8, 2026); Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative's two-year athletic equipment and supplies catalog discount RFP with responses due March 26, 2026 and estimated two-year expenditure of $13.5 million (ATH2628); Los Fresnos ISD's March 2026 RFP for Physical Education & Athletic Equipment, Supplies, and Apparel establishing an as-needed approved vendor list for 13 athletic teams and programs (RFP262701, response due March 24, 2026); and Gwinnett County's March 2026 sealed-bid solicitation for purchase and installation of six commercial batting cages at Lenora Park with completion by October 15, 2026 (BL059-26, bids due March 26, 2026). The code shows consistent school district demand for vendor-list procurements using published-price discount models, and growing emphasis on bundled athletic supply solutions rather than single-product sourcing.