UNSPSC 53102313: Disposable diapers

A type of underwear that allows the wearer to urinate or defecate without using a toilet, by absorbing or containing waste products to prevent soiling of outer clothing or the external environment. Disposable diapers contain absorbent chemicals and are thrown away after use.

UNSPSC 53102313 Disposable diapers is a Commodity code that shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal scope. The recent opportunities posted under this code do not match the disposable diaper product line — instead, they span law enforcement equipment (Sourcewell cooperative RFP), food service paper goods for school nutrition programs (Jones County Schools IFB), pharmacy benefit management services (Collier County RFP), and healthcare supplies including examination gloves, gauze, and first-aid clinical supplies (Marion County Schools term contract). None of these solicitations procure diapers or diaper-related products. The mismatch between the code designation and the actual goods being solicited suggests either a classification error in how these opportunities were tagged at the state or local level, or that disposable diaper procurement under this specific code is not generating documented opportunities in the recent public record.

State and local governments do procure disposable diapers through public bidding — typically school districts for early childhood and special education programs, and counties for social services and child welfare operations — but the available recent-opportunities block contains no examples of such procurement. Without documented recent solicitations specifically for diapers or diaper-related products, no issuing-body mix, geographic concentration, or representative opportunity details can be drawn from the source. The code appears inactive or misapplied in current state and local procurement activity.