UNSPSC 60131007: Melodica

A small keyboard instrument that creates sound by blowing wind and pressing keyboard. It has about 20~40 keys on the keyboard. One can hold the instrument in both hands to play by blowing air into the instrument or place it on the floor and blow air into the instrument by using long pipe connected to the instrument.

UNSPSC 60131007 Melodica is a Commodity code that covers musical instruments and related supplies state and local governments purchase for school music programs, primarily band and orchestra instruction. Recent state and local solicitations show school districts procuring a broad range of instruments—woodwind, brass, percussion, and string instruments; keyboards and pianos; and repair and maintenance services—with a secondary market in catalog-discount arrangements for on-demand supply. The buying base spans school districts of varying sizes, from independent school districts in Texas to county systems serving over 100 schools, alongside special-purpose cooperative purchasing vehicles serving multiple member institutions. A representative recent opportunity is Forsyth County Schools (Georgia) issuing a competitive bid solicitation (B26-09) on July 14, 2026, with responses due July 30, 2026, for band equipment with specific make-and-model requirements; another is Wicomico County Public Schools (Maryland) issuing an Invitation for Bid (58000-261) on May 8, 2026, for an 85-line-item procurement of pianos, woodwind, brass, percussion, and string instruments with a June 5, 2026, response deadline and a contract running through June 30, 2027, plus two optional renewal periods.

Activity concentrates in Georgia (Fulton County Schools, Cobb County School District, Columbia County Board of Commissioners, and Forsyth County Schools), Texas (Donna Independent School District, Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District, and Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative), and Maryland (Wicomico County Public Schools), with additional recent solicitations from Connecticut (Norwalk Public Schools), Missouri (Rockwood School District), and Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools and Fairfax County Government). School districts typically structure these as competitive bids or RFPs with firm pricing valid through contract end or fiscal year, often with multiple-award provisions to establish preferred vendor lists. Repair services are solicited separately with service-level expectations such as seven-business-day turnaround (Bibb County School District, Georgia, RFQ issued June 9, 2026, due June 25, 2026) and geographic preferences for local vendors within specified radii. No set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises appear in the recent opportunities, though procurement compliance requirements such as E-Verify registration, Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act compliance, and criminal background checks are standard across issuing bodies.