UNSPSC 60131431: Nodo

A Korean traditional percussion instrument with two drums of 50mm in diameter and 310mm in length crossed with each other and place on the top of a long wooden pole. It is played in a way that a player leans the pole on one side and turns it from side to side, making the leather straps hit on both sides of the drum and producing sound.

UNSPSC 60131431 Nodo is a Commodity code covering musical instruments and orchestral equipment that state and local school districts actively procure for instructional and performance arts programs. Based on recent solicitations, the code encompasses new instruments (strings, brass, woodwind, percussion, and pianos), instrument repair and maintenance services, and related accessories and supplies. School districts dominate the issuing bodies across all recent opportunities — Fulton County Schools and Forsyth County Schools in Georgia, Wicomico County Public Schools in Maryland, Rockwood School District in Missouri, Cobb County School District in Georgia, and Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District in Texas all posted solicitations in the past six months. One county government (Fairfax County Government, Virginia) joined Fairfax County Public Schools in a joint procurement for discounted instruments, and one county commission (Columbia County, Georgia) solicited a single semi-concert grand piano. The work ranges from routine IFBs for instrument supply and equipment — requiring quoted pricing on specified makes and models with no substitutions permitted — to RFPs for comprehensive repair services spanning multiple instrument categories, multi-year requirements contracts with optional renewals, and cooperative purchasing agreements for catalog discounts.

Activity concentrates in Georgia, with Fulton County Schools, Forsyth County Schools, Cobb County School District, and Columbia County all posting between January and July 2026. Maryland, Missouri, Texas, and Virginia each show one or two solicitations in the same window. Fulton County Schools appears twice (IFB 173-26 due February 24, 2026, and IFB 198-26 due April 28, 2026), both seeking Musical & Orchestral Instruments and Accessories through Bonfire with requirements contracts featuring four optional one-year renewals. Rockwood School District in Missouri issued separate RFP and RFB procurements in April 2026 — one for comprehensive instrument repair services (RFP 2609202, due May 12, 2026, covering approximately 1,500 annual repairs across band, elementary, orchestral strings, and guitar with a five-year contract term through July 31, 2031) and one for instrument supply (RFB 2609201, due May 5, 2026, for 2026-2027 school year delivery with setup and adjustment). Wicomico County Public Schools in Maryland issued IFB 58000-261 (due June 5, 2026) for 85 line items of pianos and band/orchestral instruments with multiple-vendor awards and one-year renewal options through June 30, 2027. Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Texas manages cooperative buying for member institutions, with estimated annual expenditures of approximately $4 million (MUSIC2223 cycle, 37 prior respondents; MUSIC2324 cycle with $4,087,396 estimated spend and 36 prior respondents).