UNSPSC 60141201: Balance or gross motor equipment

UNSPSC 60141201 Balance or gross motor equipment, a Commodity code, covers specialized instructional and therapeutic equipment that state and local governments buy to support early learning, special education, behavioral health, and adaptive development programs—including play therapy kits, Montessori materials and manipulatives, communication aids, music and garden therapy equipment, and robotics kits for vocational workforce training. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, ranging from large urban systems to small independent districts and early care providers; state health and human services agencies procure adaptive equipment for state-supported living centers; and universities source advanced robotics labs for workforce development. Texas and Florida show the densest recent activity, with additional solicitations from Georgia, Arizona, and the District of Columbia.

Katy Independent School District (Katy ISD) in Texas issued RFP 2428KD-A in May 2026 for teaching and instructional materials, supplies, and equipment across multiple campuses, closing May 29, 2026, with contract renewals extending through October 2030. Texas Health and Human Services Commission procured habilitation consumables and adaptive communication devices (Cheap Talk, Basic Talk, Compartmentalized Communicators, Adapted Garden Spray, Adapted Music Kit, and others from Enabling Devices) for Richmond State Supported Living Center under two parallel IFBs (HHS0017594 and HHS0017649), with responses due July 15 and July 17, 2026 respectively, applying Texas-vendor preference and service-disabled veteran-owned business preference where qualified bidders respond. Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida issued dual procurements for Montessori materials—an ITB (26126ITQEST) closing April 10, 2026, covering 310 line items with a 15 percent markup cap and firm pricing for one year, and a catalog-bid ITB (26067ITB EST) closing March 23, 2026, requiring blanket discount percentages off current catalogs. Cartwright Elementary School District No. 83 in Arizona, on behalf of the SAVE cooperative, sought STEM and College & Career Readiness Kits through RFP 260331 closing June 8, 2026, with estimated annual usage of $1.346 million across participating members. The District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education issued RFQ-OSSE-HW-FY26 for play therapy kits, restricted to DCSS vendors, closing July 16, 2026.