UNSPSC 60131309: Basses

UNSPSC 60131309 Basses, a Commodity code, encompasses the purchase of stringed bass instruments—including double basses, bass guitars, and related bass-family instruments—by state and local education agencies, health and human services departments, and county governments for music education programs and therapeutic services. State and local governments procure basses as part of comprehensive musical instrument purchases supporting band, orchestra, and music therapy curricula. Issuing bodies include school districts (primary buyers), county education systems, state health and human services commissions, and county governments. The code reflects procurement activity driven by music education funding cycles and therapeutic program staffing, with school districts dominating the solicitation volume. Procurement typically occurs through IFB and ITB notice types with response periods ranging from two to six weeks, and contracts often run one to three years with automatic renewal provisions. Vendors must meet standard liability and insurance requirements, provide firm fixed pricing on unit bases with FOB destination delivery terms, and comply with E-Verify work authorization and debarment verification.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia and the Mid-Atlantic region, with recent solicitations from Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Forsyth County Schools (Georgia), Wicomico County Public Schools (Maryland), and Fairfax County Public Schools and Government (Virginia). The Texas Health and Human Services Commission also solicited music-related consumables and instruments for a state-supported living center in Richmond, Texas. Representative recent opportunities include Muscogee County School District's ITB 27-002 (bids due September 9, 2026) seeking over 600 line items across all instrument families including strings, with contract award expected October 19, 2026 and one-year automatic renewals through October 2029; Wicomico County Public Schools' IFB 58000-261 (bids due June 5, 2026) for 85 line items including pianos and orchestral instruments with contract term July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 and two optional one-year renewals; and Forsyth County Schools' B26-09 band equipment solicitation (bids due July 30, 2026) requiring exact make-and-model compliance with no alternate products permitted.