UNSPSC 60131468: Kalimba

A fluid percussion instrument that bounces several long and narrow metal plates (keyboards). Several metal keys with different pitches are mainly arranged in the letter'V' and make a sound by flicking the keys. The trunk is most common in the form of a wooden box or wooden board with a length of about 17 to 18.5 cm and a width of about 11 to 13.5 cm.

UNSPSC 60131468 Kalimba is a Commodity code with minimal recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned to the code's nominal scope. The source contains no recent solicitations for kalimbas or other percussion instruments matching the code's specific product category. Instead, the recent opportunities tagged under this code span unrelated work: school district requests for comprehensive student support services including mentorship and academic enrichment (Stockton Unified School District, RFP due August 4, 2026); band equipment pricing (Forsyth County Schools, bid due July 30, 2026); drone light display services (Ocean County, New Jersey); and general musical instrument procurement across multiple instrument families—woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings—rather than kalimbas specifically. The geographic spread of actual musical instrument activity covers California, Georgia, New Jersey, Virginia, Texas, Missouri, Connecticut, and Florida, with school districts and county governments as the primary issuing bodies.

State and local procurement under this code appears to conflate kalimba with broader musical instrument categories. The representative recent opportunities that do touch percussion—such as Cobb County School District's band and orchestra instrument bid (IFB B26087, due April 23, 2026, ~$500,000 annual estimated spend across timpani, marimbas, vibraphones, and xylophones) and Rockwood School District's instrument repair RFP (due May 12, 2026, spanning band, orchestra, and guitar services)—focus on standard orchestral and band percussion, not hand drums. Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Texas has issued recurring musical instrument catalog discount bids (MUSIC2628, approved June 18, 2026, $9.8 million estimated two-year spend), but these target broad instrument families for school districts rather than specialty percussion. The code shows no targeted demand for kalimbas as a distinct procurement category. Unless your firm can credibly position kalimba supply within the broader school music program or arts education vendor landscape, pursue opportunities only if you have existing relationships with districts already tagged to this code or can articulate a clear role in established school music procurement channels.