UNSPSC 60131236: Quenacho

An instrument of Quechua or Aymara origin. It belongs to the family of quenas, but its length is greater; therefore its registry is deeper. It is a hollow wand fabricated commonly with bamboo, but also with PVC, bones, mud, among others.

UNSPSC 60131236 Quenacho is a Commodity code covering band and orchestral instruments that state and local governments procure for K–12 music education programs. Recent solicitations show school districts buying new instruments (woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings, keyboards, and pianos), repair and maintenance services, and catalog-discount vendor relationships to support ongoing classroom and performance needs. The issuing bodies are predominantly independent school districts and county school systems—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 ISD, Los Fresnos Consolidated ISD, Norwalk Public Schools, and participants in Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative. School districts dominate this code, with the occasional county government or county board of commissioners (Columbia County Board of Commissioners for a single grand piano) also participating. RFPs, RFQs, and IFBs are typical notice types; response deadlines generally fall four to eight weeks after posting. Most contracts run one to five years with optional renewal periods.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia (Forsyth County Schools, Cobb County, Bibb County, Fulton County, Columbia County), with notable secondary activity in Texas (Donna ISD, Los Fresnos Consolidated ISD, Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative), Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools), Maryland (Wicomico County Public Schools), Missouri (Rockwood School District), and Connecticut (Norwalk Public Schools). Representative current opportunities include Forsyth County Schools (B26-09 Band Equipment, due July 30, 2026, IFB), Wicomico County Public Schools (IFB 58000-261 for 85 line items of instruments and pianos, due June 5, 2026), Bibb County School District (RFQ for band repair services across 38 schools, due June 25, 2026), Rockwood School District (RFP for comprehensive instrument repair and separate RFB for new instruments, due May 12 and May 5, 2026), Fulton County Schools (IFB 198-26 for orchestral instruments and accessories across 102 schools, due April 28, 2026), Donna ISD (RFP for catalog-discount band instruments and supplies, due April 8, 2026), Norwalk Public Schools (RFP for new band instruments with $300,000 budget, due February 25, 2026), and Los Fresnos Consolidated ISD (RFP for music supplies and instruments, due April 2, 2026). Cooperative purchasing vehicles such as Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative (MUSIC2223 and MUSIC2324 with estimated annual expenditures of $4 million–plus) also appear regularly under this code.