UNSPSC 70121600: Livestock industry

UNSPSC 70121600 Livestock industry is a Class code that encompasses veterinary services, animal sheltering operations, and related support services for municipal and county animal care facilities. State and local governments procure comprehensive veterinary care including spay and neuter surgeries, emergency treatment, vaccinations, and microchipping; animal rescue and foster coordination; shelter food and supplies; behavioral management programs; and administrative systems to manage shelter operations. Recent solicitations show significant activity in veterinary services contracting, with jurisdictions seeking licensed veterinarians to perform high-volume surgical procedures at shelters, provide emergency and after-hours care, or deliver consulting services for shelter medical protocols. Animal rescue organizations contract to pull adoptable animals from municipal shelters, and municipalities actively purchase shelter supplies ranging from cardboard pet carriers to housing equipment and nutritionally formulated animal food.

Issuing bodies include city animal care departments (San Antonio, Atlanta, Wichita, Fort Worth, Windcrest), county animal services divisions (Collier County, Hillsborough County, Harris County, Bergen County), and municipal police and animal control divisions (Salem Police Department, Wichita Police Department). San Antonio Animal Care Services has posted multiple solicitations in recent weeks (community vaccine clinics, spay/neuter contracts, rescue partner incentives, emergency veterinary care). Geographic activity concentrates in Texas (San Antonio, Fort Worth, Wichita, Windcrest, Harris County), Florida (Collier County, Hillsborough County, Pasco County, Charlotte-Mecklenburg in North Carolina), and New Jersey (Bergen County), with activity also in Oregon and Georgia. Recent representative opportunities include the City of San Antonio's RFP for emergency veterinary care services with a pre-submittal conference on July 13, 2026 and written questions due July 15; Collier County's Invitation to Negotiate for comprehensive veterinary services supporting its Domestic Animal Services Center with proposals due February 4, 2025 and local-vendor preference and WBE/MBE certification weighted as evaluation criteria; the City of Fort Worth's RFP for animal housing equipment (kennels, kennel doors, cat condos) with a May 21, 2026 deadline and a 30 percent small business participation goal; and Hillsborough County's ITQ for cardboard pet carriers with specifications requiring flat-packed carriers of corrugated cardboard with minimum 70 percent recycled content, delivery to two locations over a two-year term valued at $43,200, and quotes due July 2, 2026.