UNSPSC 53131604: Hair combs or brushes

UNSPSC 53131604 Hair combs or brushes is a Commodity code covering hair care implements and grooming tools supplied to state and local jurisdictions for institutional use, resale through correctional commissaries, educational instruction, and community service distribution. State and local buyers under this code procure hairbrushes and combs as line items within larger personal hygiene and grooming product bundles rather than as standalone purchases. The issuing bodies include state procurement divisions managing statewide contracts for correctional systems, school districts outfitting cosmetology and vocational programs, and municipal governments acquiring hygiene kits for community outreach. Hairbrushes and combs appear consistently across multiple product categories — ranging from a 172-case quantity in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice commissary resale contract to classroom supplies in school district vocational programs — indicating steady demand from institutions serving incarcerated populations, students, and vulnerable populations receiving hygiene assistance.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, where the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issued Invitation for Bids No. 304T-26-652A1.3 on June 2, 2026, for 172 cases of hairbrushes as part of a seven-line-item personal hygiene and grooming products contract for TDCJ Prison Commissaries Division with response due May 26, 2026. Donna Independent School District in Cameron County, Texas, issued RFP 011326-894 on March 21, 2026, for cosmetology equipment and supplies including brushes and combs under a catalog discount bid structure with proposals due April 8, 2026. The City of Philadelphia posted a micro-purchase on May 29, 2026, for hygiene kits and community outreach items due June 5, 2026, though hairbrushes were not explicitly itemized in the Philadelphia solicitation. Contracts typically run one to two years with renewal options; vendors must meet insurance, compliance, and delivery requirements including FOB destination pricing and sample submissions where specified. No mandatory set-asides are stated in the solicitations reviewed.