UNSPSC 60131448: Marimbas

An African traditional percussion instrument consisting of tuned wooden sound bars which are hit and played by sticks. It can cover 6 and a half octaves supportedby the resonance pipes.

UNSPSC 60131448 Marimbas, a Commodity code, covers the supply of marimbas and related percussion instruments to state and local education systems, most visibly school districts acquiring instruments for band and orchestra programs. The code represents a narrow segment of a broader educational musical instrument procurement market, though marimba-specific solicitations are rare; the recent opportunities tagged under this code predominantly solicit comprehensive band and orchestra instrument packages that include marimbas among dozens of other percussion, brass, woodwind, and string instruments. School districts dominate as issuing bodies, with county boards of education and independent school districts in Georgia, Maryland, and Missouri pursuing multi-instrument procurement contracts to support K–12 music education. A small number of special-purpose cooperatives, such as Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Texas, aggregate purchasing for member school districts. Solicitations under this code typically bundle marimbas with timpani, cymbals, drums, xylophones, and orchestral percussion as part of larger instrumental ensembles, and vendors responding must carry full percussion catalogs and maintain shop-adjustment capabilities for string and woodwind instruments when the contract scope extends beyond percussion alone.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, with the heaviest cluster in Georgia (Forsyth County Schools, Cobb County School District, Columbia County Board of Commissioners, and Fulton County Schools have each posted multiple opportunities between January and July 2026) and secondary activity in Maryland (Wicomico County Public Schools) and Missouri (Rockwood School District). Fairfax County Public Schools and Fairfax County Government in Virginia have solicited term contracts for musical instruments at discount pricing by July 2026. Representative opportunities include Wicomico County Public Schools' IFB 58000-261 (due June 5, 2026) for 85 line items spanning pianos, woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments including marimbas, with award to multiple vendors on a firm unit-price basis; Fulton County Schools' IFB 198-26 (due April 28, 2026) for musical and orchestral instruments and accessories across 102 schools; and Rockwood School District's RFP for instrument repair services (due May 12, 2026) and separate RFB for new instruments (due May 5, 2026) during the 2026–2027 school year in the St. Louis area. All recent district solicitations require F.O.B. destination pricing, shop setup for string instruments, three vendor references, and one-year warranty coverage. No specific set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises appear in the reviewed opportunities.