UNSPSC 60131103: Sousaphones

UNSPSC 60131103 Sousaphones is a Commodity code that captures state and local purchasing of brass band and orchestral instruments, including sousaphones, tubas, and related brass equipment. In practice, school districts and municipalities procure across the full spectrum of band and orchestra instruments—woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings, and keyboards—alongside repair services, accessories, and consumables such as reeds, drumsticks, and sheet music. Recent solicitations show districts treating instrument procurement broadly under umbrella codes; sousaphones and tubas appear as line items within larger band-instrument packages rather than as standalone procurements. Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (Forsyth County Schools, Fairfax County Public Schools, Bibb County School District, Wicomico County Public Schools, Rockwood School District, Cobb County School District, Fulton County Schools, Donna Independent School District, Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District, and Norwalk Public Schools) and county governments (Columbia County Board of Commissioners, Fairfax County Government). A few cooperative purchasing vehicles appear (Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Texas), but school districts dominate the buyer base. A handful of districts solicit multiple times per year—Fulton County Schools and Bibb County School District have issued overlapping opportunities in recent months.

Recent activity clusters in Georgia (Forsyth County Schools, Cobb County School District, Fulton County Schools, Columbia County Board of Commissioners), Texas (Donna ISD, Los Fresnos CISD, Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative), Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools and Government), Maryland (Wicomico County Public Schools), Missouri (Rockwood School District), and Connecticut (Norwalk Public Schools). Representative recent opportunities include Fulton County Schools IFB 173-26 and 198-26 for Musical & Orchestral Instruments and Accessories (due February 24 and April 28, 2026, respectively, for multiple-award requirements contracts with four optional one-year renewals); Bibb County School District RFQ 26-044 Band Repair Services (due June 25, 2026, covering repair of brass, percussion, and woodwind instruments across 38 school locations with a one-year initial term and four optional renewal years); Wicomico County Public Schools IFB 58000-261 for Musical Instruments & Pianos (due June 5, 2026, covering 85 line items and running July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027, with two optional one-year renewals); Rockwood School District RFB 2609201 for Musical Instruments 2026-2027 (due May 5, 2026) and RFP 2609202 for Musical Instrument Repairs (due May 12, 2026, for five-year terms); and Norwalk Public Schools RFP 4471R for New Band Instruments (due February 25, 2026, with a $300,000 budget). Solicitations run year-round with heavy concentration in spring; notice types include RFP, RFQ, and IFB, with responses due between two and eight weeks of posting.