UNSPSC 60131504: Tuning pins

UNSPSC 60131504 Tuning pins (Commodity) addresses a narrow product category, but state and local government solicitations tagged under this code are actually buying comprehensive musical instrument and accessory procurement packages for school districts' music education programs. Recent solicitations show school districts sourcing brass, woodwind, string, and percussion instruments; cases, stands, bows, reeds, and strings; sheet music; storage and shelving systems; and audio equipment—with tuning pins appearing only as one line item within much larger instrument and accessory portfolios. The buying pattern reflects K–12 music program replenishment and expansion across multiple school sites within a single district, rather than tuning pins as a standalone commodity. Issuing bodies are exclusively school districts: Fontana Unified School District (California), Columbia County School District (Georgia), Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District (Texas), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Fairfax County Public Schools and Fairfax County Government (Virginia), West Ottawa Public Schools (Michigan), and Wicomico County Public Schools (Maryland). Districts are using sealed-bid IFBs and ITBs with response dates concentrated in the August–October 2026 window, typically awarding to single or multiple vendors on a lowest-responsive basis with one-year initial terms and optional renewal periods.

Recent activity spans California, Georgia, Texas, Virginia, Michigan, and Maryland, with multiple school districts in Georgia appearing in the dataset. Representative solicitations include Muscogee County School District's ITB 27-002 (September 9, 2026 response date, over 600 line items across all instrument families and ancillary items, one-year contract from October 20, 2026 through October 19, 2027 with automatic renewal up to three years), Fontana Unified School District's sealed bid for 139 line items spanning brass, woodwind, string, and percussion instruments plus accessories (October 5, 2026 response date, one-year term with two optional one-year renewals), and Wicomico County Public Schools' IFB 58000-261 for 85 line items including pianos, all instrument families, and accessories (June 5, 2026 response date, July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 with two optional one-year renewals). Columbia County School District's bid HC-10-16-26A (October 16, 2026 response date) deviates from the pattern, soliciting music shelving, storage systems, and furniture installation rather than instruments themselves. Unit pricing, FOB destination delivery within 30–60 calendar days, and one-year warranty coverage are standard requirements; most districts require general liability insurance at $1,000,000–$2,000,000 per occurrence and three references from prior school-district contracts.