UNSPSC 70121800: Pets industry

UNSPSC 70121800 Pets industry is a Class code that covers animal care, boarding, shelter operations, and veterinary services for domestic animals and livestock housed by state and local governments. Recent state and local opportunities under this code span animal impoundment and kenneling services, comprehensive veterinary care (routine examinations, surgery, emergency treatment, euthanasia oversight), spay-neuter programs, adoption services, animal housing equipment and supplies, canine behavior management, vaccine and microchip clinics, rescue partner programs, and shelter food sourcing. Issuing bodies include municipal animal care departments and shelters (San Antonio, Phoenix, Fort Worth, Atlanta, Wichita), county animal services divisions (Collier County, Yamhill County, Gwinnett County, Harris County, Solano County, Hillsborough County), city police departments with animal units (Wichita), and independent animal shelter operations (Bergen County). Cities and counties procure these services to support public health functions, animal welfare mandates, and municipal animal control operations, often funding them through licensing fees, redemption fees, civil penalties, and tax revenue.

Recent activity is geographically distributed across Texas (San Antonio, Fort Worth, McKinney, Houston via Harris County), the Pacific Northwest (Bend, Oregon; Yamhill County, Oregon; Phoenix), the Southeast (Charlotte, Collier County, Wichita, Atlanta), the Northeast (Bergen County, New Jersey), and California (Solano County, Hillsborough County). Representative opportunities include the City of Phoenix's RFQ for animal boarding services (sealed offers due October 21, 2026) supporting police and human services departments with specified staff-to-animal ratios, medication administration, and group play requirements; Yamhill County Sheriff's Office RFP for dog kenneling and adoption services (proposals due August 31, 2026) structured as flat annual rate plus percentage of dog license revenue; City of San Antonio's RFP for emergency veterinary services for evening and overnight hours (proposals due August 17, 2026 with pre-submittal conference July 13, 2026); and City of Fort Worth's RFP for animal housing equipment—kennels, kennel doors, and cat condos—requiring 30 percent small business participation (proposals due May 21, 2026). Hillsborough County's ITQ for cardboard pet carriers with an estimated two-year value of $43,200 (quotes due July 2, 2026) and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care & Control's solicitation for shelter food serving approximately 12,000 animals annually (due June 24, 2026) represent supply-side procurement. One solicitation—Tift County Schools CTAE Lab Equipment—appears unrelated to the pets-industry code and reflects a tagging mismatch.