UNSPSC 49211818: Medicine ball

A ball for physical strength that is used in throwing that is implemented to measure the explosive muscular strength that may quickly assert the muscular endurance in moment of time.

UNSPSC 49211818 Medicine ball is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under it show a mismatch between the code's nominal scope and what is actually being procured. The code shows little relevant recent activity tied to medicine balls themselves. Instead, the six opportunities posted in the past five months span playground design and installation, athletic equipment and supplies broadly, and law enforcement equipment — categories that may incidentally include fitness or recreational items but do not center on medicine balls as a line item. School districts and counties are the dominant issuing bodies, but the opportunities reflect a wider procurement pattern around capital playground projects, athletic program supply contracts on an as-needed basis, and cooperative purchasing vehicles rather than a coherent market for medicine balls specifically.

The geographic spread includes Texas (Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Austin Independent School District), Georgia (Randolph County School System in Cuthbert and the City of College Park), and Florida (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners), with a multi-state cooperative purchasing vehicle managed by the Association of Educational Purchasing Agencies covering 31 states. Representative recent opportunities include Northside Independent School District's IFB 2026137 for Athletic Equipment, Supplies, Software & Related Services (due October 19, 2026), consolidating four expiring athletic contracts; Hillsborough County's RFQ 26-00357 for Playground Equipment Installation, Replacement, and Repair Services (due August 28, 2026, $11 million estimated value over five years); and AEPA's cooperative purchasing vehicle #027-E for Athletic Supplies and Equipment across 31 state member agencies (due August 13, 2026). Buyers pursuing this code should note that the solicitations tagged to it do not appear to isolate medicine balls as a distinct procurement category and may instead reflect broader athletic or recreational equipment aggregation by procurement systems.