UNSPSC 53131512: Personal electric toothbrushes or accessories

Battery or electrically powered toothbrushes for domestic use.

UNSPSC 53131512 Personal electric toothbrushes or accessories, a Commodity code, covers toothbrush procurement for state and local institutions, though recent activity under this code shows minimal electric toothbrush purchasing and instead reflects solicitations for standard manual toothbrushes. State and local buyers under this code include health and human services agencies procuring for residential care facilities and municipalities seeking hygiene supplies for community distribution. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is a repeat buyer, soliciting specialized toothbrush products for supported living centers. Recent work includes procurement of anti-shank soft security nylon toothbrushes for facility vocational and residential departments, with specifications tailored to institutional security requirements and durable-goods use cases.

Activity concentrates in Texas and Ohio, with the most substantive recent opportunity posted by the Texas HHSC on July 9, 2026 — an IFB for anti-shank soft toothbrushes for the Austin State Supported Living Center (HHS0017608, bids due July 23, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. Central Time), with a historical contract value guideline of $257,500 for the initial 12-month period (September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027) and two optional one-year renewals plus a discretionary one-year extension. The HHSC procurement specifies 4-inch flexible security nylon toothbrushes and permits both HHSC and the Texas Department of State Health Services to use any awarded contract; pricing must be firm and fixed with adjustments permitted at HHSC's sole discretion, correlated to the Consumer Price Index. Award is contingent on approval by the HHSC Executive Commissioner or designee, and evaluation criteria include specification compliance, delivery capability, past performance, and price. Ohio posted toothbrush solicitations in May and March 2026, though those notices lack substantive scope detail and issuing-body identification, limiting their utility for prospecting.