UNSPSC 53101703: Girls sweaters

UNSPSC 53101703 Girls sweaters is a Commodity code that in recent state and local practice encompasses embroidered and custom apparel services far broader than the code name suggests. School districts and municipalities are soliciting vendors to design, produce, and deliver branded and customized clothing items including t-shirts, polo shirts, hoodies, jackets, caps, pants, and shorts, along with embroidery, screen printing, heat-seal appliques, and graphic design services. Issuing bodies include independent school districts and city procurement offices. The work typically requires vendors to demonstrate multi-year experience in apparel customization, maintain general liability insurance with the buyer named as additional insured, provide professional references, and accept firm fixed pricing per item with turnaround times of one to three weeks. Contracts are structured as annual or multi-year requirements vehicles with optional renewal periods, allowing districts and municipalities to draw from awarded vendor lists on an as-needed basis without guaranteed minimum volumes.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas. Magnolia Independent School District in Montgomery County posted RFP030226 on March 2, 2026 (due April 16, 2026) for custom apparel services including design, embroidery, screen printing, and graphic design across multiple campus departments, with contract award anticipated in May 2026 and commencement June 1, 2026; the District will award to one or more qualified firms for an initial one-year term with four optional one-year renewals. Donna Independent School District in Cameron County issued RFP011326880 on March 21, 2026 (due April 8, 2026) as a catalog bid for golf equipment and supplies including apparel and shoes at discounted prices off printed catalogs for the 2026-2027 school year with two optional renewal periods. The City of Richardson posted Solicitation 5526 on May 14, 2026 (due June 16, 2026) for an annual requirements contract for embroidered items using a best value procurement process.