UNSPSC 60104709: Heat conduction apparatus

Devices to study heat conduction from high to low degree without the movement of an object.

UNSPSC 60104709 Heat conduction apparatus is a Commodity code that state and local governments use to tag educational materials and equipment solicitations, though the recent opportunities posted under this code show little alignment with the nominal scope. The most recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code—including reading and video materials, teaching and instructional supplies, STEM kits, and science specimens and chemicals—represent classroom instruction materials, laboratory consumables, and educational equipment rather than thermal conduction devices or apparatus. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, including Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District, Katy Independent School District, Cartwright Elementary School District No. 83 (on behalf of the SAVE consortium), and Cobb County School District. The code appears to serve as a catch-all for miscellaneous instructional commodity purchases that do not fit standard academic-subject or laboratory-equipment classifications.

Activity is concentrated in Texas, Arizona, Georgia, and Florida, with Texas school districts posting the highest frequency of recent opportunities. Representative recent solicitations include Katy ISD's RFP #2428KD-A for teaching and instructional materials, supplies, equipment, and services with a contract term running through October 2027 and options to renew annually through October 2030, due May 29, 2026; Cobb County School District's IFB B26128 for science specimens, chemicals, supplies, and equipment serving all 112 school sites and 105,738 students, with an estimated annual expenditure of $175,000.00 and a bid deadline of June 16, 2026; and Cartwright Elementary School District No. 83's RFP 260331 on behalf of the SAVE consortium for STEM and College & Career Readiness Kits, Programs & Materials for multiple Arizona school districts and municipalities, with a June 8, 2026 proposal deadline and estimated annual usage of $1,346,000 across participating entities. The School Board of Seminole County, Florida issued a sole-source procurement for Anorthosite Highlands Simulant with an approximate annual expenditure of $20,000. The mismatch between the code's thermal-apparatus name and the educational-materials scope of actual solicitations suggests vendors should verify code accuracy in responses and rely on the specific scope statements in RFPs and IFBs rather than the UNSPSC category name alone.