UNSPSC 60101807: Prayer beads

UNSPSC 60101807 Prayer beads is a Commodity code that shows minimal relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally covers religious prayer beads and similar faith items, yet the three recent opportunities tagged to it involve irrigation system improvements, law enforcement equipment, and faith-item canteen supplies for a correctional facility—only the last of which bears direct relevance to the code's stated scope. The Colorado Department of Corrections RFQs for faith items (posted June 8 and May 29, 2026) represent the only materially related activity, soliciting religious supplies including Bibles, Qur'ans, prayer rugs, yarmulkes, medicine bags, and sage for resale through inmate canteen services; these fall within the broader faith-items family but do not specifically target prayer beads as a distinct procurement category.

Activity under this code concentrates in Colorado, where the Department of Corrections issued two overlapping RFQs for faith canteen items with response dates of June 9 and June 16, 2026, each requesting samples (3–5 units at bidder expense) evaluated by the Canteen Review Committee for security, religious appropriateness, and quality. Delivery requirements specify Monday–Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. MST, to Canon City with driver background clearance and plastic-only packaging (no glass or metal). Contract terms span July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, with renewal potential for up to two additional one-year periods. The remaining opportunities—DeBary, Florida's irrigation bid (due April 10, 2015, a historical posting) and Sourcewell's law enforcement equipment RFP (due June 16, 2026)—do not align with prayer beads procurement and represent miscoding. The code shows no activity at state departments outside corrections, no school districts, transit authorities, or municipalities buying under it, and no geographic spread beyond Colorado for relevant work.