UNSPSC 56112304: Chair seat

The shell or lower part of a chair that supports the weight of a seated person.

UNSPSC 56112304 Chair seat is a Commodity code that encompasses fixed and portable seating for athletics, auditoriums, gymnasiums, and related institutional facilities. State and local governments procure this code primarily as complete turnkey bleacher and grandstand systems—including demolition of existing seating, furnishing of new aluminum or welded-frame bleacher structures, installation, owner training, and multi-year warranties—rather than loose seat components. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with secondary activity from county boards of supervisors, community colleges, and institutional athletic departments; Georgia school districts (Fulton County Schools, Cherokee County School District, Emanuel County Schools, Hancock County School District, Lafayette County School District) represent the densest recent activity. Solicitations under this code typically include ADA compliance, ICC 300 bleacher standards, manufacturer-certified installation labor, engineering drawings, and performance bonds. Request types include IFBs, RFPs, and reverse auctions; bid security of 5 percent and firm-bid validity periods of 60–120 days are standard. Representative recent opportunities include Fulton County Schools' IFB 146-27 for terrace seating at Chattahoochee High School Baseball Field (due November 12, 2026, with mandatory pre-bid conference and site visit on October 22, 2026); Hancock County School District's sealed-bid procurement for removal and installation of two telescopic bleacher seating systems at Hancock North Central Elementary (due June 23, 2026, with motorized options and all-inclusive pricing); Emanuel County Schools' sealed-proposal request for demolition, furnishing, and installation of motorized telescoping gymnasium bleachers at Swainsboro Middle School (due July 17, 2026, with twelve-row minimum capacity and factory-trained installer requirements); and Lafayette County School District's construction solicitation for baseball and softball bleachers at 100 Commodore Drive in Oxford, Mississippi (due August 20, 2026).

Geographic concentration spans the Southeast and Midwest, with active recent procurements in Georgia (Fulton County, Cherokee County, Emanuel County, Jenkins County), Mississippi (Hancock County, Harrison County, Lafayette County, Tunica County), Michigan (Grosse Ile Township Schools, Northview Public Schools in Grand Rapids), and scattered activity in Texas (University of Texas at Austin) and Florida (Hillsborough County). Cooperative purchasing vehicles such as TIPS USA's statewide auditorium and bleachers JOC and Sourcewell's multistate law-enforcement-equipment framework appear alongside direct IFBs and RFPs, expanding market reach to smaller jurisdictions. Contract values are rarely disclosed in posted notices, though sole-source and renewal procurements (such as Hillsborough County's two-year DreamSeat recliner agreement estimated at $130,699) suggest individual awards in the low to mid-six-figure range. Bleacher and seating installation projects consistently require stamped engineering drawings, compliance with current building codes, multi-year structural and finish warranties, on-site training, and reference projects from K–12 or similar institutional settings; motorized telescoping systems command higher specification requirements and longer lead times than fixed-frame alternatives. Activity accelerated through summer 2026 ahead of fall sports seasons, with a secondary wave of spring 2027 project starts.