UNSPSC 57030304: Sudden-onset wash & dignity kit

One of the first to be deployed in a sudden-onset emergency, including buckets, soap and water purification tablets, menstrual hygiene management items including multi-purpose cloth and pads. Items like whistles and torches address protection needs for the vulnerable.

UNSPSC 57030304 Sudden-onset wash & dignity kit is a Commodity code covering personal care and hygiene products supplied to institutional settings, particularly detention facilities, jails, and public health programs. State and local governments procure these kits as consumable supplies for incarcerated populations, detainees in custody, and public health distribution initiatives. The issuing bodies include county detention authorities, sheriffs' offices, municipal corrections agencies, and state health departments. These entities source complete or modular hygiene kits containing items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, deodorant, sanitary products, nail clippers, and hair clippers, typically purchased in high volumes on contracted, renewable terms with firm pricing and capped annual escalation clauses.

Recent activity spans New Mexico, California, and Indiana. The City of Indianapolis and Marion County Sheriff's Office solicited inmate hygiene supplies through RFB33SHF318 (due December 18, 2025), specifying nine hygiene items with estimated two-year volumes reaching 375,000 sanitary napkins and 100 hair clippers, under an initial two-year contract with potential renewal and 5% annual price escalation caps; incumbent vendors included Bob Barker Company Inc. and Phoenix Trading, Inc. d/b/a Amercare Products, Inc. Bernalillo County Purchasing Section issued RFB0927NM (due July 30, 2026) for personal care products serving the Metropolitan Detention Center and Youth Services Center. The California Department of Public Health posted RFBIS26200785 (due April 20, 2026) for dental hygiene kits targeted at public health distribution and educational use, with evaluation emphasizing pricing, product quality, delivery capability, and potential state set-asides for small business participation.