UNSPSC 52121701: Bath towels

UNSPSC 52121701 Bath towels (Commodity) covers bath towels and related terry cloth products that state and local governments procure primarily for correctional facilities, institutional operations, and emergency preparedness programs. State and local buyers source standalone bath towels as well as bath towels bundled within larger textile and linens supply contracts. The issuing bodies span state correctional departments, state departments of corrections operations, and municipal emergency management divisions. Michigan's Department of Corrections and Georgia Correctional Industries appear as repeat buyers in recent months, both seeking bath towels as line items within multi-product fabric and linens solicitations serving institutional laundry and supply chains across their facilities.

Recent activity concentrates in Michigan and Georgia, with secondary activity in Ohio. The Michigan Department of Corrections issued multiple RFPs (RFP4722600000012992, RFP4722600000012993, and NIA14722600000005501) seeking fabrics, clear vinyl, and bed and bath linens for Michigan State Industries, with the most recent award recommendation naming Focus Sales & Marketing Group LLC and Spec-Tex Inc. in amounts of $422,609.62 and $3,240,966.00 respectively for a three-year contract including 581,951 units of bath towels; Georgia Correctional Industries posted an open agency contract (92100GCI0001090) for terry cloth woven towels and toweling with an April 21, 2026 response deadline and an addendum issued April 17, 2026; Ohio issued two rapid-turnaround solicitations (7096 and 6920) for wash cloths and bath towels with one-day response windows in June and March 2026 respectively. The Phoenix municipal heat relief program (IFB260046), while tagged under this code, solicits cooling towels as part of a broad heat-relief supplies package and does not represent core bath towel procurement.