UNSPSC 52141704: Domestic electric razors

UNSPSC 52141704 Domestic electric razors (Commodity) describes grooming and personal care items that state and local governments procure primarily for institutional use in educational and correctional settings. The code captures electric razors and related grooming equipment purchased as supplies for classroom instruction, vocational training, and inmate canteen resale. State and local issuing bodies pursuing this code include independent school districts procuring cosmetology program supplies and state correctional departments sourcing grooming and personal electronics for offender retail operations. The scope extends to bundled procurement of grooming items—including razors, trimmers, hair dryers, flat irons, and related supplies—often purchased as part of larger catalog-bid awards that give institutions flexibility to source multiple product categories from the same vendor.

Recent activity centers on Texas and Missouri. Donna Independent School District (Cameron County, Texas) issued RFP 011326894 in March 2026 for cosmetology equipment and supplies on a catalog discount basis for the 2026–2027 school year, with proposals due April 8, 2026, seeking multiple vendors to supply haircare and grooming supplies for classroom instruction. The Missouri Department of Corrections issued IFB DOC-0000000035-SL in January 2026 for electronic items and grooming supplies for canteen resale across nineteen facilities, with an estimated annual volume of $441,538 and a bid closing date of February 24, 2026; the solicitation explicitly lists razors and trimmers among 36–39 line items and carries Buy American and service-disabled veteran business enterprise preference points. Both solicitations use blanket or catalog procurement methods with multiple-year terms and do not guarantee minimum purchase volumes.