UNSPSC 60123300: Craft poms

UNSPSC 60123300 Craft poms is a Class code that covers art and craft supplies, including decorative and functional items used in educational and institutional settings. State and local governments procure under this code primarily through school districts and cooperative purchasing vehicles serving multiple districts, buying consumable art supplies including markers, crayons, colored pencils, brushes, tempera paints, canvas panels, modeling clay, scissors, erasers, and glue products. The issuing bodies are predominantly school systems and regional purchasing cooperatives that consolidate demand across multiple districts to achieve volume pricing. Procurement typically occurs through competitive sealed-bid processes (IFB) with annual contract periods and quarterly or as-needed ordering rather than single lump purchases.

Coleman County Purchasing Agency (CPA), a cooperative purchasing vehicle for Georgia school systems, posted an art supplies IFB (PE55964NONST2027000000047) on August 11, 2026 with a September 15, 2026 response deadline, serving 35 member school systems in Georgia. The bid covers a broad range of art supplies with estimated annual quantities ranging from 8 units for specialty items to 8,000 units for colored pencil sets, with contracts running January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2027. Vendors must submit samples of new items and provide at least three references; pricing is quoted F.O.B. CPA Warehouse in Cleveland, Georgia with freight included, and vendors may establish minimum order requirements by dollar amount, case quantity, or weight. Recent activity under this code appears concentrated in Georgia school procurement, with cooperative purchasing vehicles as the primary vehicle for consolidating demand and establishing master agreements that individual districts access throughout the contract year.