UNSPSC 60104408: Geology study kits

UNSPSC 60104408 Geology study kits is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity frames a much broader scope of hands-on educational materials than the code name alone suggests. Cartwright Elementary School District No. 83, procuring on behalf of the Strategic Alliance for Volume Expenditures (SAVE) consortium, issued RFP260331 in May 2026 for STEM and College & Career Readiness Kits, Programs & Materials serving multiple Arizona school districts, municipalities, counties, and higher education institutions. Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) in Florida, the nation's seventh-largest school district, issued two recent opportunities for Montessori classroom supplies: ITB 26067ITBEST in February 2026 seeking blanket discount pricing off current manufacturer and distributor catalogs, and ITQ 26126ITQEST in April 2026 for 310 line items including geography materials, language and grammar resources, mathematics manipulatives, and science research materials with firm fixed unit costs. What state and local governments actually buy under this code includes complete classroom supply packages, curriculum-linked manipulatives and hands-on learning aids, nomenclature cards and resource sets, and educational kits organized by subject and grade level. Issuing bodies span K–12 school districts ranging from small elementary districts to very large urban systems, county education systems, and higher education institutions participating in consortium purchasing vehicles.

Recent activity concentrates in Arizona and Florida, with Cartwright Elementary's SAVE cooperative driving multi-jurisdictional procurement across Arizona with estimated annual usage of $1,346,000 and individual district estimates ranging from $10,000 to $350,000. Hillsborough County Public Schools dominates recent Florida activity, establishing both catalog-bid and fixed-unit-cost frameworks. The SAVE RFP (RFP260331) with June 8, 2026 response deadline anticipated multiple awards across various vendors and sought pricing based on discount percentages off established catalog pricing, with freight F.O.B. Destination and evaluation weighted toward related work experience, personnel qualifications, offered products, cost (200 points), and reference performance surveys. The Hillsborough ITQ (26126ITQEST) closed April 10, 2026 with a 15 percent maximum markup cap and automatic renewal for up to four additional one-year periods on Board approval. Neither solicitation established formal disadvantaged-enterprise set-asides, though Hillsborough encouraged small business enterprise and drug-free workplace certification participation. Both jurisdictions require standard compliance certifications including debarment, foreign ownership, human trafficking prohibitions, and where applicable, Jessica Lunsford Act fingerprinting for school access.