UNSPSC 70122000: Animal health

UNSPSC 70122000 Animal health is a Class code covering veterinary services, animal care programs, and related medical interventions that state and local governments procure to support municipal animal shelters, county animal control operations, university agricultural programs, and public health initiatives. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers purchasing routine veterinary care (wellness exams, vaccinations, spay and neuter), emergency and after-hours services, surgical interventions, microchipping, trap-neuter-vaccinate-release (TNVR) programs for feral cats, mobile clinics for underserved populations, racetrack medical oversight, and animal rescue coordination. Issuing bodies include city animal care departments, county domestic animal services divisions, state racing commissions and departments of environmental protection, university agricultural centers, and municipal animal control offices. San Antonio's Animal Care Services Department appears repeatedly in recent postings, soliciting for emergency veterinary care, spay and neuter contract veterinarians, community vaccine and microchip clinics, and animal rescue partner contracts—all with August 25, 2026 response dates. Collier County, Florida has posted two separate procurements under this code: comprehensive veterinary services for its domestic animal shelter and a new TNVR program. The code sees active procurement across multiple states including Texas, California, Florida, Arizona, Connecticut, and Utah, with geographic concentration in the Southwest and Southeast regions during the second quarter of 2026.

Representative recent opportunities include San Antonio's RFP for emergency veterinary care services (RFP 26-063, proposals due August 17, 2026 with a pre-submittal conference scheduled July 13, 2026) and Collier County's ITN for comprehensive veterinary services to support the Domestic Animal Services Center (ITN 25-8347, proposals due February 4, 2025, with local-vendor preference and WBE/MBE certifications weighted at 10 and 5 points respectively out of 100 total). Pinal County, Arizona solicited veterinary services for animal control on an as-needed basis (RFP 264131, responses due June 4, 2026), requiring current Arizona licensure and minimum five years of high-volume spay and neuter experience. San Mateo County issued an Informal RFP for relief mobile veterinary services to underserved populations (RFP 2026RFPINFORMAL00352, responses due March 24, 2026, with a 10 percent local-business preference adjustment available). Contract values and terms vary widely—San Antonio's community vaccine clinics pay $20 per animal served, spay and neuter veterinarians receive $1,300 per shift, and Collier County's TNVR program reimburses $5 to $25 per cat depending on outcome tier with no guaranteed minimum volume. Insurance requirements are standard across jurisdictions, typically $1,000,000 commercial general liability per occurrence, and most contracts run one to three years with renewal options. Licensing requirements uniformly demand current state veterinary credentials, and several solicitations specify minimum years of hands-on experience in the relevant animal species or service line.