UNSPSC 53131615: Feminine hygiene products

UNSPSC 53131615 Feminine hygiene products, a Commodity code, encompasses sanitary napkins, tampons, panty liners, and related menstrual care items that state and local governments procure for institutional use in correctional facilities, schools, and municipal services. Recent solicitations show this code active across correctional and educational procurement, with issuing bodies including state departments of criminal justice, school districts, counties, and municipalities. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a repeat buyer, soliciting feminine hygiene products through both statewide and facility-level competitive bids; the School Board of Pinellas County, Florida and the School Board of Marion County, Florida also bid medical and first-aid supplies that include or relate to feminine hygiene components. Most solicitations specify brand-equivalency requirements and detailed packaging, barcode, and delivery specifications tied to institutional inventory systems.

The code shows strongest recent activity in Texas and Florida. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division issued Invitation for Bids No. 304T-26-652A1.3 on June 2, 2026 (response due May 26, 2026) for seven line items including 18,192 cases of sanitary napkins, 5,460 cases of tampons with cardboard applicators, and 5,460 cases of panty liners, quoted on a per-case basis for statewide delivery to five locations and requiring firm fixed pricing inclusive of shipping, handling, fuel surcharges, and a 1.5% Texas SmartBuy administrative fee; the contract term runs through August 31, 2027 with two renewal options. The TDCJ also posted a separate Tampons solicitation (IW245118) on April 9, 2026 with a March 31, 2026 deadline. Bernalillo County Purchasing Section (New Mexico) issued RFB0927NM on July 15, 2026 for personal care products serving the Metropolitan Detention Center and Youth Services Center, due July 30, 2026. The Pinellas County and Marion County school districts bid first-aid supplies that may include hygiene components on an as-needed basis to warehouses in Largo and Ocala, Florida, respectively.