UNSPSC 52101502: Area rugs

UNSPSC 52101502 Area rugs (Commodity) encompasses carpet tile and broadloom carpet installation, removal, and disposal work that state and local governments solicit for schools, convention centers, public housing, and university facilities. The work involves demolition of existing flooring, concrete or substrate preparation, and installation of specified commercial-grade carpet tile or broadloom using pressure-sensitive adhesive or glue-down methods, often with cove base, vinyl transitions, and attic stock. Issuing bodies include school districts, university systems, city housing authorities, special-purpose authorities (convention centers), and independent school systems. School districts and convention centers appear most active in recent solicitations, with Georgia World Congress Center Authority posting multiple phases of carpet replacement work and Atlanta Public Schools posting standing offers for district-wide flooring services.

Recent activity spans Georgia, Florida, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Connecticut, with the heaviest concentration in Georgia and Florida. Representative opportunities include the Georgia World Congress Center Authority's Building C Meeting Room Carpet Replacement Phase IV (IFB, due August 3, 2026) covering 41,913 square feet of Shaw carpet tile in fourteen meeting rooms with a mandatory pre-bid site visit on July 20, 2026; the City of Meriden's Platt High School media center flooring project (IFB, due June 3, 2026) for 5,630 square feet of Mannington carpet tile with 25 percent small-business and 6.25 percent minority/women/disabled-owned business set-asides under Connecticut contract compliance rules; the Community Development Authority of Madison's Karabis Apartments carpet replacement (RFB, due July 17, 2026) for 2,800 square feet of commercial-grade 24"×24" carpet tile with Davis-Bacon wage compliance; and Atlanta Public Schools' standing invitation for district-wide carpet and flooring installation services on a per-square-foot or hourly rate basis with a one-year term and up to four renewal options. Prevailing wage requirements, performance bonds, and insurance minimums ($1,000,000 general liability typical) are standard; set-asides vary by jurisdiction.