UNSPSC 60121155: Metallic card

Metallic card is a type of thick paper or card with a metallic finish, either on one or both sides, and is used in arts and crafts applications.

UNSPSC 60121155 Metallic card (Commodity) encompasses protective coatings and paint materials for infrastructure maintenance, though recent state and local opportunities under this code show substantial mismatch with the nominal taxonomy. School districts and cooperative purchasing vehicles dominate the solicitation mix, buying art supplies—including metallic foil papers, construction materials, drawing papers, and related classroom art materials—rather than metallic card stock as a discrete product. The code appears to capture art-supply procurement broadly when tagged by issuing bodies, with school districts sourcing through both direct IFB and cooperative purchasing channels. Scope extends to bundled art-supply contracts covering scissors, erasers, glue, markers, crayons, colored pencils, brushes, tempera paints, canvas panels, modeling clay, poster board, butcher paper, and specialty papers for classroom and office use, alongside equipment maintenance and repair services. One representative opportunity—Seminole County School Board ITB 19200044BLL for bulk art paper (posted October 19, 2026, due October 1, 2019)—awarded $43,089.75 across six vendors including Pyramid School Products, Smith Office & Computer Supply, and School Specialty, Inc., with a 5 percent Florida preference applied. The code does not reliably reflect actual metallic-card purchasing and instead surfaces art-supply cluster buying by education agencies.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast and Southwest, with Florida, Texas, and Georgia each hosting multiple opportunities. School districts lead as issuing bodies—Seminole County, Dallas ISD, Fort Bend ISD, Northside ISD in San Antonio, and Coleman County Purchasing Agency serving 35 Georgia school systems through cooperative purchasing—alongside one county infrastructure procurement (Collier County aerial painting services, IFQ 26-8689, due September 3, 2026, estimated $675,380 annually). Cooperative purchasing vehicles such as Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative (paint and painting supplies bid PAINT2628, $10.3 million over two years, due September 29, 2026) and Coleman County Purchasing Agency (CPA's 2027-008 art supplies bid for 35 Georgia systems, due September 15, 2026) handle volume purchasing for member districts. Fort Bend ISD (RFP 27004KB, due September 25, 2026) and Northside ISD (IFB 2026096, due July 30, 2026) represent individual-district procurement. The code shows no substantive recent activity in metallic-card markets and should be considered a low-confidence signal for vendors specializing in that product.