UNSPSC 49161607: Tennis racquets

UNSPSC 49161607 Tennis racquets (Commodity) covers a narrow product line — the code appears in state and local procurement primarily as one line item within broader athletic equipment and supplies solicitations rather than as a standalone category. Recent opportunities show tennis racquets bundled with uniforms, apparel, balls, and miscellaneous athletic gear in multi-sport, district-wide contracts. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (Northside Independent School District in San Antonio and Austin Independent School District) supplemented by municipal recreation departments (County of Los Angeles, Department of Parks and Recreation managing the Arcadia Tennis Center) and municipal parks operations (Town of Palm Beach, Florida procuring consumables for Seaview Tennis Center). Cooperative purchasing vehicles also appear — the Association of Educational Purchasing Agencies (AEPA) issued a multi-state athletic supplies and equipment solicitation (#027-E) on behalf of 31 state member agencies, with proposals due August 13, 2026, and Sourcewell issued a law enforcement equipment RFP that may tangentially touch recreational sports procurement across participating public entities.

Recent activity clusters in Texas and Florida, with secondary presence across the AEPA member states (Georgia named as one participant) and Sourcewell's multi-state network spanning Washington, Minnesota, and beyond. Representative recent opportunities include Northside Independent School District's IFB 2026137 (sealed bids for athletic equipment, supplies, software, and related services, due October 19, 2026), Austin Independent School District's RFP 27RFP024 (athletic equipment, supplies, apparel, uniforms, and related services on an as-needed basis across all campuses, due September 15, 2026), and the Town of Palm Beach's RFB No. 2026034 (Wilson Champion Regular Duty Tennis Balls, 356 cases for monthly delivery to Seaview Tennis Center, due June 23, 2026). The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation issued RFP DPR-ARCADIA-2026 for management, operation, and maintenance of the Arcadia Tennis Center (due October 6, 2026), which includes facility staffing and programming but does not isolate equipment procurement. Tennis racquets themselves do not appear as a line-item focus in any posted opportunity; the code likely captures occasional bulk purchases or standing-order quantities embedded in broader athletic inventory contracts managed by school district athletic departments and municipal recreation facilities.