UNSPSC 53130000: Personal care products

UNSPSC 53130000 Personal care products is a Family code describing hygiene and personal-use items that state and local governments procure for institutional, clinical, and consumer resale purposes. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers purchasing personal care products across three distinct operational contexts: correctional and detention facilities (facial moisturizing cream, toothbrushes, denture adhesive for canteen resale); public health clinics (condoms, lubricants, dental dams, shampoo, deodorant, shaving razors); and school districts acquiring supplies for student and staff use alongside general custodial inventory. The code encompasses both retail packaged goods for offender/inmate canteen programs and clinical-grade supplies for public health distribution, reflecting a mix of consumer-facing resale and agency-direct procurement.

Issuing bodies under this code include state correctional departments (Missouri Department of Corrections), county detention and sheriff offices (Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center, Essex Sheriff's Office in Massachusetts), county public health agencies (Orange County Health Care Agency in California), and school districts (Fontana Unified School District in California). Missouri's Department of Corrections appears as a repeat buyer, issuing multiple canteen-resale solicitations. Geographic activity centers on Missouri (state corrections canteen contracts), California (school district custodial and hygiene supplies), Colorado (Department of Corrections denture adhesive), and Orange County, California (public health clinic supplies). Recent representative opportunities include Bernalillo County Purchasing Section issuing an RFB for personal care products at detention facilities (due July 30, 2026); Fontana Unified School District posting an IFB for 79 line items of custodial supplies and personal hygiene products across 45 school sites (due July 22, 2026, with contract value reflective of multi-site institutional volume); Missouri Department of Corrections issuing an IFB for toothbrushes for canteen resale across 19 institutions (estimated annual value approximately $18,345, due May 13, 2026); and Orange County Health Care Agency issuing a competitive bid for contraceptives and hygiene products with a not-to-exceed value of $150,600 for the three-year initial term (due June 1, 2026). Pricing in institutional and clinical contexts is often evaluated on lowest-responsive-bid basis with firm fixed pricing, and delivery timelines typically require five to ten business days.