UNSPSC 56121506: Student desks

UNSPSC 56121506 Student desks (Commodity) covers classroom and school furniture procurement, with state and local governments soliciting student seating, desk systems, collaborative tables, and associated installation services. Recent opportunities reflect a mix of issuing bodies—school districts dominate the activity, with individual districts (Polk County Schools, Marion County Schools, Northside ISD, Pinellas County Schools, Hillsborough County Public Schools, Rabun County Schools, Effingham County Schools) and school cooperatives (Cherokee County Schools with Georgia Education Cooperative, Jones County Schools) posting competitive and cooperative buys. Universities (Christopher Newport University, University of Houston, Mt. San Antonio College) solicit modular furniture and furnishings for campus renovations and new instructional buildings. A county purchasing cooperative (Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Texas) issued a two-year RFP for classroom furniture and supplies with an estimated total expenditure of $21,568,516.00 across participating school districts. County governments and special-purpose districts appear occasionally—Hillsborough County Fire Rescue procured task chairs and reclining furniture, and Hillsborough County Parks and Recreation sought craft supplies. Solicitation types include RFPs (Region 7 Cooperative CLSF2628, Pinellas County best-value RFP, Rabun County student and office furniture, Donna ISD office supplies and furniture, Northside ISD standard campus furniture), ITBs and ITQs (Polk County cafeteria and classroom furniture ITB, Hillsborough County Montessori supplies ITQ, Marion County classroom furniture bid, Montessori classroom materials ITB), IFBs (Christopher Newport University Welcome Center and outdoor furniture for ISC-3), and cooperative purchasing notices (Jones County Schools through OMNIA Partners). Pricing structures range from firm fixed-price line-item bids to catalog discount models with uniform percentage discounts off published pricing; multi-year contract terms with renewal options are standard.

Activity clusters in Texas (Northside ISD, Donna ISD, Region 7 Cooperative, Pinellas County Schools), Florida (Polk County Schools, Hillsborough County Schools and county agencies, Marion County Schools), Georgia (Rabun County Schools, Columbia County Schools, Savannah-Chatham County Schools, Cherokee County Schools, Jones County Schools), and Virginia (Christopher Newport University), with scattered activity in California (Mt. San Antonio College). Representative recent opportunities include Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative's RFP 2628 for classroom furniture and supplies (due May 26, 2026, two-year award, $21,568,516 estimated total); Pinellas County Schools' best-value RFP 25JB076 for comprehensive school furniture across ten categories with 1,821 line-item pricing (proposals due January 5, 2026, approximately $20 million estimated value, three-year initial term with two one-year renewals); Northside ISD's RFP 2026-052 for standard campus furniture and IFB 2026-051 for administrative and library furniture (both due April 8, 2026, replacing expiring contracts); Christopher Newport University's IFB 242-26-00069 for outdoor furniture for the ISC-3 building with manufacturer-specific lots including Restoration Hardware, Janus et Cie, and Polywood products (due April 28, 2026); and Marion County Schools' bid 4154MF for classroom furniture to central warehouse with delivery March 1 through December 31, 2026. School districts consistently specify delivery to central warehouses, multiple school locations, or project sites with inside delivery and installation included in pricing; universities more often use manufacturer-specific lot awards. Volume and scope vary from single-location procurements (under $350,000 for Hillsborough County Fire Rescue recliners) to multi-year district-wide commitments spanning hundreds of locations and tens of millions of dollars, signaling sustained demand from K-12 and higher-education sectors.