UNSPSC 60102717: Pentominoes

UNSPSC 60102717 Pentominoes is a Commodity code that state and local governments are actively using to tag the procurement of educational manipulatives, classroom supplies, and therapeutic/sensory products for use in K–12 schools, higher education institutions, and behavioral health and developmental services facilities. The recent solicitations show a pattern of school districts, state education agencies, and human services departments purchasing comprehensive catalogs of instructional materials, STEM kits, play therapy supplies, adaptive communication devices, and craft-based therapeutic consumables—often bundled as part of broader teaching-supplies contracts rather than standalone pentomino purchases. Issuing bodies include independent school districts (notably Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida, Katy ISD in Texas, and Cartwright Elementary School District in Arizona), state departments of education, state health and human services commissions, county governments, and special districts leveraging cooperative purchasing vehicles such as SAVE (Strategic Alliance for Volume Expenditures) to aggregate demand across multiple jurisdictions. The solicitations typically establish catalog discount–pricing vehicles with firm pricing held for one to two years and automatic or optional contract renewals, reflecting the ongoing, consumption-based nature of classroom supplies and therapeutic materials.

Recent activity spans Florida, Texas, Arizona, Oregon, and the District of Columbia. Cartwright Elementary School District issued RFP 260331 on behalf of the SAVE consortium in May 2026 for STEM and College & Career Readiness Kits with an estimated annual usage of $1.346 million across fifteen school districts, with survey responses ranging from $10,000 to $350,000 per district and proposals due June 8, 2026. Hillsborough County Public Schools released ITQ 26126ITQEST in October 2026 for 310 line items of Montessori classroom supplies including manipulatives, nomenclature cards, and curriculum materials, with responses due April 10, 2026 and pricing capped at 15 percent markup. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued multiple IFBs in June and July 2026 (HHS0017594, HHS0017649, HHS0017821) for habilitation consumables, adaptive equipment, and craft/recreational supplies for state-supported living centers, with response dates in July and August 2026 and historical fiscal-year 2025 spending guidelines of $25,000 to $50,000. Katy ISD released RFP 2428KD-A for teaching and instructional materials across multiple subjects and special education with a response deadline of May 29, 2026. Smaller school-district and state-agency procurements also appeared in Rockland County (New York), Oregon, and Washington D.C., indicating demand across multiple states and issuing-body types.