UNSPSC 60101300: Educational stickers and supplies

UNSPSC 60101300 Educational stickers and supplies, a Class code, spans promotional merchandise and branded giveaway items that state and local governments procure for marketing, outreach, employee recognition, and event distribution—including stress balls, tote bags, pens, wristbands, apparel, drinkware, keychains, and custom-imprinted merchandise across product categories. The code sees steady activity from colleges, county health departments, transit authorities, state agencies, and municipalities, with recent opportunities ranging from small micro-purchases under $45,000 to multi-year blanket agreements. Issuing bodies include Collin County Community College District (repeat buyer under multiple ITB cycles), the Ontario International Airport Authority, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, state education boards in Illinois and Georgia, county health departments, cities (Philadelphia, Fort Worth, Dallas), and special-purpose districts.

Recent opportunities span Texas, Illinois, Georgia, California, and Florida, with concentrated activity in Texas (HHSC, DPS, colleges, school districts) and Illinois (Secretary of State, State Board of Education, Department of Innovation and Technology). Representative solicitations include Collin County Community College District's ITB FY2026-ITB-062 for promotional products (lanyards, pencils, pouches, pens, backpacks, wristbands, microfiber cloths) with responses due July 28, 2026, against approximately $214,000 in prior annual spend; Ontario International Airport Authority's RFP 2026-RFP-082 for a three-year promotional merchandise vendor providing customization, fulfillment, and account management with proposals due July 23, 2026; Texas HHSC's IFB HHS0017577 for 29 line items of branded merchandise (pens, apparel, bags, drinkware) with bids due July 14, 2026; and the Illinois Secretary of State's promotional-items solicitations (most recent June 2026) for stress balls, water bags, and branded giveaways for state programs. Most recent activity shows mixed award patterns: single or multi-vendor awards, percentage-discount pricing structures off published catalogs, firm fixed pricing for multi-year terms, and evaluation weighting on reputation, quality, past performance, and total cost of ownership alongside price.