UNSPSC 60121515: Oil based pastel

UNSPSC 60121515 Oil based pastel, a Commodity code, covers specialized art media that state and local school districts source through cooperative purchasing vehicles and direct bids. The code captures oil-based pastels and similar fine-art materials procured alongside broader art-supply portfolios, though recent posting activity shows limited direct solicitation for pastels in isolation; instead, state and local buyers integrate oil-based pastels into comprehensive art-supply RFQs and cooperative bids that also include colored pencils, markers, tempera paints, brushes, canvas panels, and modeling clay. School districts represent the primary buyer category, purchasing through county-level cooperative agencies that aggregate demand across multiple member systems to achieve volume discounts and simplified vendor management.

Coleman County Purchasing Agency (CPA), based in Cleveland, Georgia, represents the most recent active issuing body under this code space, posting CPA's 2027-008 Art Supplies Bid on August 11, 2026 with a response deadline of September 15, 2026 at 9:45 a.m. The bid aggregates demand for art supplies across 35 Georgia school systems under a cooperative purchasing vehicle, with estimated annual quantities ranging from 8 units for specialty items to 8,000 units for high-volume basics; oil-based pastels would fall into the specialty tier if included. The contract runs January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2027, with pricing quoted F.O.B. CPA Warehouse in Cleveland, Georgia and payment terms of net 30 days. A second posting—the City of Madison's Normal Hall Roof Replacement (RFB# 15026-0-2026)—carries an unrelated UNSPSC tag and does not represent art-supply procurement. Georgia shows the strongest recent activity under this code tier.