UNSPSC 60131004: Celestas

UNSPSC 60131004 Celestas, a Commodity code, represents the procurement of musical instruments and related equipment by state and local school districts and education cooperatives. Recent solicitations show school districts buying new band and orchestral instruments (strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion), pianos, sheet music, repair and maintenance services, and catalog discounts from manufacturers. Issuing bodies are predominantly public school districts and school systems—Forsyth County Schools, Fairfax County Public Schools, Wicomico County Public Schools, Rockwood School District, Fulton County Schools, and Fontana Unified School District—along with regional education cooperatives such as Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative serving multiple member institutions. The mix reflects typical K–12 music education procurement: annual instrument purchases for classroom and performance programs, multi-year supply agreements with warranty and service components, and specialized repair contracts managed on a district or cooperative basis.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (Forsyth County, Fulton County), Virginia (Fairfax County), Maryland (Wicomico County), Missouri (Rockwood), California (Fontana), and Texas (Region 7 cooperative). Representative recent opportunities include Wicomico County Public Schools issuing IFB 58000-261 for 85 line items of musical instruments and pianos with a July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027 contract term and optional renewals, requiring responses by June 5, 2026; Rockwood School District posting separate RFP and RFB solicitations for instrument supplies and repair services across its four high schools, six middle schools, and nineteen elementary schools, with proposals due May 5 and May 12, 2026; Fairfax County Public Schools and Fairfax County Government soliciting term contracts for musical instruments at MSRP discounts with responses due August 6, 2026; and the School District of Manatee County, Florida issuing a five-year fixed-discount procurement for instruments, sheet music, supplies, and repair services with proposals due March 3, 2026. Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative has historically managed annual catalog discount bids with estimated expenditures exceeding $4 million, attracting 36–37 vendor respondents per cycle.