UNSPSC 52161516: Digital video disk players or recorders

UNSPSC 52161516 Digital video disk players or recorders is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity encompasses law enforcement equipment procurement frameworks, classroom and conference room technology systems, and video monitoring infrastructure maintenance — a scope considerably broader than the code's nominal name and driven by how equipment is bundled in cooperative purchasing agreements and facility-wide technology contracts. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code include county governments (Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, and Yakima counties in Washington), transit authorities (Charlotte Area Transit System), college districts (Valencia College District in Florida), and special-purpose purchasing cooperatives (Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government unit). Sourcewell appears as a repeat issuing body, managing cooperative purchasing on behalf of thousands of participating public entities across the United States and Canada.

Recent activity spans Washington state and North Carolina. Representative opportunities include Sourcewell RFP #061626 for law enforcement equipment (response deadline June 16, 2026), issued to establish a contracting framework for thousands of governmental agencies, schools, and public entities; Valencia College District RFP 2026-26 for classroom and conference room technology services across nine campus locations, averaging $1.6 million in annual spending over five fiscal years (response deadline April 30, 2026, with non-mandatory pre-proposal meeting April 8); and City of Charlotte RFP #269-2026-1988 for maintenance and support on video monitoring and access control systems operated by the Charlotte Area Transit System covering approximately 1,023 cameras across 50 transit facilities (response deadline March 12, 2026, with non-mandatory pre-proposal conference February 19). These solicitations reveal that the code in practice captures equipment procurement, systems integration, and multisite maintenance contracts for security, education, and transit infrastructure rather than discrete consumer video playback devices.