UNSPSC 55121503: Identification tags

UNSPSC 55121503 Identification tags is a Commodity code that captures state and local procurement for insignia, badges, pins, medals, and related identification products used across public safety departments, airports, and other municipal agencies. The scope extends to custom-design insignia for law enforcement and fire departments, airline baggage tags and boarding-pass stock, uniform patches and emblems, and commemorative or ceremonial badges and coins. Issuing bodies include city police and fire departments, county purchasing offices, airport authorities, and special-purpose public safety communications divisions. These agencies typically procure insignia on multi-year contracts with volume-based pricing, web-enabled ordering systems with 24/7 availability, and delivery commitments ranging from 45 days to standing inventory arrangements that support ongoing operations and employee turnover.

Recent activity spans California, Georgia, and Arizona. The County of Sacramento, Department of Airports posted RFP 2026RFP0016 in September 2026 for airport bag tags, thermal boarding-pass stock, and Automated Ticket and Boarding Pass (ATB) stock under a two-year initial contract with three optional one-year extensions, issued through the Sacramento County Procurement Alliance (SCoPA) cooperative purchasing vehicle for eligible government and non-profit entities. Henry County, Georgia Purchasing Department issued Bid #27-13 in August 2026 for an annual police department uniforms contract spanning 185 line items including patches, insignia, and accessories with September 24, 2026 response deadline and local-vendor privilege within 5% of the lowest out-of-county bid. The City of Tucson posted a competitive RFP in August 2026 for badges, pins, medals, and accessories serving the Tucson Fire Department, Police Department, and Public Safety Communications Department, with a pre-submittal meeting scheduled for September 3, 2025 and proposals due September 17, 2025, under a one-year initial term with up to four one-year renewals and Section 3 federal workforce participation requirements.