UNSPSC 57030400: Personal protective equipment

This class includes personal protective equipment, commonly referred to as "PPE", is equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause serious workplace injuries and illnesses. These injuries and illnesses may result from contact with chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards.

UNSPSC 57030400 Personal protective equipment is a Class code encompassing the range of protective gear that state and local governments procure for occupational safety, emergency response, and public health purposes. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers acquiring ballistic helmets and plate carriers for tactical fire operations, prescription and non-prescription safety eyewear compliant with ANSI and OSHA standards, first aid consumables including bandages and medical supplies, naloxone and drug deactivation systems for community health programs, and janitorial and operational protective supplies for continuous facility operations. The issuing bodies span city fire departments (Santa Monica), county boards and sheriffs' offices (Hillsborough, Seminole, Escambia), county health departments, school districts (Pinellas County), and regional county agencies. Several jurisdictions—Escambia County, Hillsborough County, and Seminole County, all in Florida—have posted multiple recent opportunities in the protective equipment and supplies space, suggesting steady demand across that state's local government sector.

Geographic activity concentrates in Florida, which accounts for four of the eight recent opportunities (Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, Seminole County, Pinellas County Schools, and Escambia County). California (City of Santa Monica Fire Department, County of San Mateo) and Texas (Texas Department of Agriculture) round out the visible recent market. Representative solicitations include the City of Santa Monica Fire Department's Invitation to Bid for ballistic helmets and plate carriers for 130 tactical firefighters plus spares, response due July 14, 2026; Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' Invitation to Bid for consumable janitorial and operational supplies with an estimated annual value of $765,679.84 and response due July 24, 2026; and the Texas Department of Agriculture's Request for Proposals for pesticide disposal event services (estimated value exceeding $100,000, response due August 17, 2026). The Texas procurement notably requires NIST SP 800-53 standards or full TX-RAMP certification plus AES 128-bit encryption for PII, a data-security mandate that signals increasingly stringent compliance requirements across the code's scope.