UNSPSC 53131619: Cosmetics

UNSPSC 53131619 Cosmetics is a Commodity code covering beauty and personal care products that state and local governments procure for institutional resale and public health harm reduction programs. Recent solicitations show two distinct purchasing patterns: correctional departments sourcing cosmetics for offender canteen resale (nail polish, lipstick, eye shadow, mascara, foundation, blush) and public health agencies procuring harm reduction supplies including wound care and skin protectant products. The issuing bodies are primarily state departments of corrections and county public health agencies, with the Missouri Department of Corrections and Texas Department of Criminal Justice appearing as repeat buyers. Missouri's corrections department has issued multiple IFBs for cosmetics resale at Chillicothe Correctional Center and Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center, while Texas's statewide procurement covers personal hygiene and grooming items including shaving cream, antifungal powder, hairbrushes, antibacterial soap, and feminine hygiene products for resale through prison commissaries. Boulder County Public Health in Colorado has posted a separate RFP seeking harm reduction supplies vendors for safer injection, safer smoking, and wound care products.

Recent activity concentrates in Missouri, Texas, and Colorado. The Missouri Department of Corrections issued three separate cosmetics canteen-resale IFBs posted between May 5 and June 22, 2026, with response dates of June 3 and July 15, 2026, and an estimated annual gross sales volume of $5,337.25 per facility contract. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issued an IFB (304T-26-652A1.3) through the Texas Department of Criminal Justice with response due May 26, 2026, covering seven line items across five delivery locations in Beeville, Huntsville, Rosharon, and Snyder, requiring firm fixed pricing, $500,000 minimum commercial general liability insurance, and initial contract term through August 31, 2027 with two renewal options. Boulder County Public Health's harm reduction RFP (PHI00326) was posted August 10, 2026 with response due September 11, 2026. Vendors pursuing Missouri and Texas contracts must comply with state tax and business registration requirements, provide detailed product specifications and bar coding, and meet correctional facility safety standards prohibiting alcohol-based products, aerosols, and glass or metal containers.