UNSPSC 56101720: Office or work chair

An office chair, or desk chair, is a type of chair that is designed for use at a desk in an office. It is usually a swivel chair, with a set of wheels for mobility and adjustable height. Modern office chairs typically use a single, distinctive load bearing leg (often called a gas lift), which is positioned underneath the chair seat. Near the floor this leg spreads out into several smaller feet, which are often wheeled and called castors.

UNSPSC 56101720 Office or work chair is a Commodity code encompassing ergonomic seating equipment for government workplaces, emergency communications centers, and event venues. State and local governments procure office chairs as individual line items within larger facilities projects, as standalone purchases for specialized operations (such as emergency dispatch centers), and in volume for banquet or convention spaces. The issuing bodies span city procurement offices, county governments, and special-purpose authorities; recent solicitations show activity from the City of Philadelphia, Gwinnett County Georgia, the Georgia World Congress Center Authority, and the Texas General Land Office, with purchases ranging from single-unit requirements within micro-purchase frameworks to multi-thousand-unit volume orders for event venues.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Pennsylvania. Representative opportunities include Gwinnett County's August 2026 RFQ for ergonomic E911 chairs for emergency communications personnel (IWQ 135152, response due August 31, 2026); the Georgia World Congress Center Authority's July 2026 IFB for 8,000 to 12,000 MTS model 6578-HD-UL banquet chairs with firm pricing and 12-year warranty (PE92200RFQ2027000000086, due August 4, 2026); the City of Philadelphia's August 2026 micro-purchase for training unit supplies including seating (B2727862, due August 31, 2026); and the Texas General Land Office's July 2026 RFP for office furnishings including Steelcase products for the Stephen F. Austin Building in Austin (RFP 8399-SJ, due August 12, 2026, with mandatory pre-proposal site visit on July 21 and subcontracting plan requirement for State of Texas certified Veteran-Owned Historically Underutilized Businesses). Cooperative purchasing vehicles also appear in the category; Sourcewell's May 2026 RFP for law enforcement equipment (RFP 061626) extends chair purchasing to thousands of public entities across multiple states and Canada through a framework agreement.