UNSPSC 49161506: Baseball bats

UNSPSC 49161506 Baseball bats is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show little alignment with the nominal scope. The tagged solicitations span athletic equipment and apparel procurement across school districts, counties, and university systems, including softball pitching mats, physical education supplies, batting cages, general athletic equipment catalogs, and customization services — none of which constitute baseball bats as individual products. One school district solicitation (Donna ISD) explicitly names baseball bats among a broader category of baseball equipment and supplies, but that procurement is a comprehensive discount-catalog bid covering gloves, helmets, apparel, and accessories alongside bats, not focused procurement of bats themselves. The code appears to capture a category tag in state procurement systems that does not reliably indicate focused demand for baseball bats as a line item, suggesting the code either mislabels recent postings or the code's use has drifted from its nominal scope.

Issuing bodies span Texas independent school districts (Donna ISD, Harlingen CISD, Los Fresnos CISD), Florida school districts and counties (Marion County Schools, Sarasota County Parks), Georgia county parks departments and university systems (Gwinnett County, Albany State University), and multi-state cooperative purchasing vehicles (AEPA athletic supplies, Region 7 purchasing cooperative, Sourcewell law enforcement equipment). Activity is concentrated in Texas and Florida school districts pursuing broad athletic equipment and apparel catalog contracts and multi-vendor discount agreements, with cooperative purchasing vehicles (AEPA, Region 7, Sourcewell) serving as significant aggregators. Recent representative solicitations include Donna ISD's RFP 011326-877 (baseball equipment and supplies catalog bid, April 8, 2026 IFB), Los Fresnos CISD's RFP 26-27-01 (physical education and athletic equipment supplies and apparel, March 24, 2026 RFP), Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative's ATH2628 (catalog discount athletic equipment and supplies, March 26, 2026 RFP with estimated two-year value of $13.5 million), and Sarasota County's 2026QQ732 (softball pitching mats, June 17, 2026 RFQ with $50,000 maximum threshold). The code shows no recent activity concentrated in any single state; Texas and Florida dominate the school district segment, while cooperative purchasing vehicles operate multi-state frameworks.