UNSPSC 56121006: Upholstered benches

UNSPSC 56121006 Upholstered benches, a Commodity code, encompasses seated and bench-style furniture pieces purchased by state and local governments for libraries, schools, and public facilities. Recent solicitations show the code capturing much broader furniture procurement — classroom and administrative desks, study pods with acoustic technology, media shelving, book carts, and specialty library seating — reflecting how state and local purchasing offices tag multi-item furniture contracts at the commodity level when a single dominant product type drives the request. School districts are the dominant issuing body, including Cobb County School District (Georgia), Columbia County School District (Georgia), Cherokee County School District (Georgia), and cooperative purchasing vehicles serving 35 Georgia school systems; city and county library systems (Dallas, San Antonio, Broward County, Hillsborough County, and others) and municipal governments also solicit regularly under this code. The work is tactical and repetitive: purchase, delivery, and on-site installation of furnishings to support educational and public-access operations.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Florida, with secondary activity in Texas, Maine, Oregon, and Washington. Cobb County School District posted RFP P27017 for classroom and administrative furniture on an as-needed basis with a $2.5 million estimated value and a November 11, 2026 due date; Columbia County School District issued competing RFPs for library shelving and music equipment at high schools with bids due October 16, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively. Hillsborough County (Florida) procured 50 Kingsley brand book returns with carts valued at $171,080 with a July 24, 2026 deadline. The State of Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services requested quotations for seated privacy pods with acoustic technology, motion-sensor lighting, and 30 dB sound reduction for Maine State Library with a due date of October 9, 2026. The Cooperative Purchasing Agency, serving Georgia school systems, bid warehouse stock furniture including file cabinets, storage units, student desks, activity tables, and office chairs under annual contract 2027-007 with bids due September 22, 2026. San Antonio Public Library issued RFCSP 26-068 seeking annual contracts for library specialty furniture and design services with a June 15, 2026 deadline and a pre-submittal conference on May 4, 2026.