UNSPSC 60103923: Skeleton or bone or shell specimen

UNSPSC 60103923 Skeleton or bone or shell specimen is a Commodity code under which state and local governments procure anatomical and natural-history specimens for educational, research, and display purposes. The code encompasses preserved skeletal materials, bone preparations, and shell specimens used in classroom instruction, museum exhibitions, and scientific study across K–12 schools, higher-education institutions, natural-history museums, and university research departments. Recent procurement activity under this code shows no state or local contract opportunities in the available record.

The absence of recent solicitations under this code reflects the niche nature of specimen procurement — most jurisdictions source these materials through standing relationships with educational supply vendors, museum acquisition channels, or direct purchases from specimen dealers rather than through formal competitive bidding. When state and local bodies do solicit skeleton or bone specimens, they typically bundle them with broader science-education or museum-collection RFPs classified under related codes. Schools and universities interested in pursuing this market should monitor science-curriculum and institutional-collection RFPs issued by state education departments, county school districts, and public universities, where specimen acquisition appears as a line item within larger educational-materials or collections-management procurements.