UNSPSC 60101401: Badges

UNSPSC 60101401 Badges is a Commodity code that covers physical identification and recognition items including employee access badges, police/public safety insignia and commendation ribbons, service pins, security ID cards, and uniform embellishments like buttons and toggles. State and local governments procure these primarily for workforce credentialing, law enforcement recognition programs, and facility access control. Recent solicitations show school districts sourcing integrated badge management systems with credential production and reader integration; cities and counties acquiring police buttons, insignia, and ribbons; and public safety departments obtaining specialized uniform components. Issuing bodies span multiple sectors: independent school districts (Cherokee County School District in Georgia; Klein ISD in Texas; Dysart Unified in Arizona), municipal procurement offices (City of Phoenix, City of Dallas, City of Philadelphia, City of Detroit), county governments (Sarasota County Florida school board; Williamson County Texas), and state agencies (Illinois Secretary of State for Real ID driver's license card issuance; California Department of Corrections for parole agent badges). The Illinois Secretary of State's change order with Morpho USA/Idemia for $4,773,012.98 in driver's license and identification card printing represents the largest recent procurement flagged to this code, though it sits at the boundary between badge issuance and broader credential management.

Geographic activity centers on Texas (Dallas municipal requisitions for buttons, washers, and toggles; Klein ISD procurement), Florida (Sarasota County school board safety and security systems contract), Georgia (Cherokee County School District badge management solutions), Arizona (Phoenix Fire Department RFQ, Dysart Unified yearbook and photography services), and Illinois (Secretary of State Real ID card services), with additional activity in Michigan (Detroit Police commendation ribbons), California (state parole agent badge refinishing), and Pennsylvania (Philadelphia public safety challenge coins and service pins). Representative recent opportunities include Cherokee County School District's RFP EB-2026 for integrated employee badge management (proposal deadline March 26, 2026), the City of Dallas informal solicitations for police buttons, washers, and toggles (April deadlines), the City of Philadelphia micro purchase for public safety challenge coins and service pins (May 29, 2026 deadline), and the California Department of Corrections' IFB for badge refinishing and destruction services (March 18, 2026 deadline with small business and DVBE preference incentives available). The code shows steady transactional activity across multiple jurisdictions but no concentration among single buying entities.