UNSPSC 49161621: Stringing machine

A machine that holds the string on the frame of various rackets. It has the types for tennis, soft tennis, squash, badminton and others and the operation method has the manual type, electromotion type and others.

UNSPSC 49161621 Stringing machine is a Commodity code that, despite its nominal name, does not describe recent state and local procurement activity under this code. The recent solicitations tagged with this code overwhelmingly feature athletic supplies and equipment — chiefly tennis balls, athletic apparel, racquets, nets, court supplies, and related consumables for school districts, municipalities, and cooperative purchasing vehicles — rather than tennis racquet stringing machines or their components. The issuing bodies include independent school districts in Texas (Harlingen, Donna, Los Fresnos), Florida school boards and municipalities (Marion County Schools, Town of Palm Beach, City of Tampa), the City of Tucson Parks and Recreation, Albany State University, and multi-state cooperative purchasing vehicles such as the Association of Educational Purchasing Agencies and Sourcewell. Recent solicitations have been issued as RFPs and RFBs with response dates ranging from January through August 2026, predominantly for catalog discount bids and as-needed purchasing arrangements rather than fixed-quantity orders. The code shows no recent activity aligned with actual stringing machine procurement.

Geographic concentration is heaviest in Texas and Florida, with secondary activity in Arizona, Georgia, and multi-state cooperative procurements spanning up to 31 states. Representative recent opportunities include the Town of Palm Beach's RFB for 356 cases of Wilson Champion Regular Duty Tennis Balls (response due June 23, 2026); the Association of Educational Purchasing Agencies' cooperative procurement for Athletic Supplies and Equipment across 31 state member agencies (sealed bids due August 13, 2026); Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District's RFP for Physical Education & Athletic Equipment, Supplies, and Apparel (due March 24, 2026); and Donna Independent School District's catalog discount bid for Tennis Equipment and Supplies (due April 8, 2026). The mismatch between the code's title and the actual goods being procured suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing bodies or a significant indexing gap in how this Commodity code is applied in state and local procurement systems.