UNSPSC 60101726: Technology reference guides

UNSPSC 60101726 Technology reference guides, a Commodity code, frames work state and local governments buy as printed quick-reference guides, educational textbooks, workbooks, and literacy resource collections supporting classroom instruction and student learning. Recent solicitations show school districts and state education departments procuring branded quick-reference guides aligned with curriculum standards (such as ISTE+ASCD titles on differentiated instruction and special education), district-wide textbook adoptions spanning multiple grade levels and subject areas, and comprehensive literacy resource kits designed to serve specific student populations at scale. The issuing bodies are predominantly state education departments and public school districts; the School Board of Seminole County, Florida; the Illinois Department of Corrections (for incarcerated-education textbooks); the Kentucky Department of Education; and Chippewa Valley Schools in Michigan have all solicited under this code within the past three months.

Recent activity clusters in Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, and Illinois. The Kentucky Department of Education has issued a high-visibility rebid—RFP 54027000005, "Read to Succeed Family Resource Rebid," due August 27, 2026, seeking design, production, packaging, and distribution of coordinated literacy resources serving approximately 200,000 kindergarten-through-third-grade students statewide, with pricing on a per-student basis and evaluation on a 1,200-point scale (700 technical, 400 cost, up to 100 demonstration points). Chippewa Valley Schools in Michigan issued an Invitation to Bid (ITB 1.2627) due June 24, 2026 for district-wide textbook purchase covering 18 school buildings with 2,651 line items and delivery expected August 2026. The School Board of Seminole County is pursuing sole-source procurement of ISTE+ASCD quick-reference guides (four titles, approximately $15,000 annual expenditure) with a protest-and-equivalence-challenge period closing February 23, 2026. The Illinois Department of Corrections solicited a Basic Ordering Agreement for educational textbooks and workbooks under $50,000, due August 31, 2026, with delivery by September 30, 2026 to Springfield, Illinois.