UNSPSC 60131701: Boomwhackers

UNSPSC 60131701 Boomwhackers is a Commodity code that encompasses percussion and tuned percussion instruments, though recent state and local solicitations cast a much broader net than the code's nominal scope — purchasing departments are using it to procure full ranges of band and orchestra instruments including woodwinds, brass, strings, and percussion, along with cases, stands, storage equipment, and repair services. School districts dominate the issuing body mix, with recent activity from Muscogee County Schools, Forsyth County Schools, Fairfax County Public Schools, Wicomico County Public Schools, and Bibb County Schools in Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland respectively. A few outlier procurements appear under the code — the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's August 2026 procurement of seven line items (three instruments and four consumables) for a state-supported living center, and a June 2026 band repair services RFQ from Bibb County Schools — but the overwhelming pattern is K–12 music education purchasing. The Muscogee County Schools ITB 27-002 (due September 9, 2026) and Wicomico County Public Schools IFB 58000-261 (due June 5, 2026) illustrate the typical scope: 600 line items and 85 line items respectively across all instrument families, student through professional grades from manufacturers such as Yamaha, Selmer, Jupiter, and Pearl, with FOB destination pricing, insurance requirements ($1 million to $2 million general liability), and one-year contract terms with renewal options.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, and Maryland. The Fairfax County Public Schools and Fairfax County Government procurement (due August 6, 2026) seeks percentage discounts from manufacturer's suggested retail price across all departments, establishing a term contract model. The Bibb County Schools band repair RFQ (due June 25, 2026) covers on-site and facility-based repair of brass, percussion, and woodwind instruments across 38 school locations, requiring seven-day turnaround and accepting lowest and highest cost bids. School districts typically reserve the right to award to single or multiple vendors, require firm fixed pricing by line item or category, expect delivery within 14 to 45 days of order, and run contracts from July through June or September through September with optional one-year renewals. The code shows consistent quarterly activity through summer 2026 across different jurisdictions and contract vehicles — term agreements, ITBs, and RFQs — suggesting sustained demand for instrument purchasing and service support.