UNSPSC 56112301: Back rest

The upper part of a chair or seat where one leans his/her back.

UNSPSC 56112301 Back rest (Commodity) covers seating components, principally bleacher and stadium seating systems, that state and local governments are procuring through direct purchase, renovation, and maintenance contracts. Recent solicitations show school districts, county boards, and higher education institutions buying complete bleacher installations (fixed and motorized telescoping systems), bleacher maintenance and inspection services, temporary bleacher rentals, and auditorium fixed audience seating. The code's scope reflects actual procurement activity: Fulton County Schools (Georgia) issued multiple IFBs for terrace seating installation at Chattahoochee High School; Cherokee County Schools (Georgia) solicited bleacher and basketball goal inspection and maintenance services; Emanuel County Schools (Georgia) requested motorized telescoping gymnasium bleacher installation with demolition and removal; Hancock County Schools (Mississippi) bid gym bleachers with removal of existing systems; and Northwest Mississippi Community College solicited construction of a football bleacher grandstand. Issuing bodies span school districts (the primary buyers), county boards of supervisors, community colleges, and state higher education institutions, with some activity from city parks and fire-rescue departments (Hillsborough County fire stations solicited reclining chairs, though tangential to core bleacher activity).

Geographic activity clusters in the Southeast—Georgia, Mississippi, and Michigan dominate the recent postings—with secondary activity in Texas and Florida. Representative opportunities include Fulton County Schools IFB 146-27 for terrace seating at Chattahoochee High School (response due November 12, 2026), Northview Public Schools (Michigan) RFP for bleachers and press box as part of an athletic stadium addition (bids due September 21, 2026), Emanuel County Schools (Georgia) RFP for motorized telescoping gymnasium bleachers at Swainsboro Middle School (proposals due July 17, 2026), and a statewide Texas cooperative purchasing vehicle (TIPS USA) for auditorium, stadium, field seating, and bleachers with installation services available to multiple public entities through a Job Order Contract structure. Maintenance and inspection services represent an emerging segment: Cherokee County Schools RFP BBIM-2027 for annual bleacher and basketball goal inspection and preventive maintenance (proposals due September 3, 2026). The code also captures temporary bleacher rental (University of Texas at Austin solicited temporary bleacher delivery and installation for Disch-Falk Field, May 2026) and occasional fixed auditorium seating installations (Grosse Ile Township Schools, Michigan, bid package for theater/auditorium fixed audience seating, May 2026).