UNSPSC 70122009: Animal hospital services

UNSPSC 70122009 Animal hospital services is a Commodity code encompassing direct clinical veterinary care, surgical services, vaccination programs, behavioral management, and related animal shelter and rescue operations that state and local governments procure to support municipal animal control, shelter operations, and public health functions. State and local agencies soliciting under this code include city animal care and control departments, county animal services divisions, municipal shelters, police departments (for K-9 units), independent school districts, and special-purpose animal services authorities. Recent solicitations reflect a mix of core veterinary services—spay and neuter surgeries, emergency care, wellness examinations, microchipping, and rabies vaccination clinics—alongside specialized programs such as trap-neuter-vaccinate-release (TNVR) initiatives, canine behavior management, rescue partner networks, and emergency overnight veterinary coverage. City animal care departments in San Antonio and other mid-sized municipalities appear as repeat buyers, posting multiple concurrent RFPs and RFQs under this code.

The code sees active procurement across Texas, Florida, New Jersey, North Carolina, Connecticut, Oregon, Georgia, and other states, with particularly dense recent activity in Texas (San Antonio Animal Care Services issued four separate solicitations in mid-July 2026) and Florida (Collier County, Hillsborough County, and Pasco County posted multiple opportunities in May-June 2026). Representative recent opportunities include the City of San Antonio's RFP for Emergency Care Veterinary Services (posted June 29, 2026, proposals due August 17, 2026), offering evening and overnight emergency coverage with a pre-submittal conference scheduled; San Antonio's concurrent solicitation for Spay/Neuter Contract Veterinarians (posted July 14, 2026, due August 25, 2026), requiring licensed Texas veterinarians to perform minimum 10–20 surgeries per shift at $1,300 per shift; Bergen County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center's RFP for Canine Behavior Management Program services (posted July 9, 2026, due August 7, 2026); the City of Wichita's RFP for Veterinary Consulting Services at the animal shelter (posted May 7, 2026, due June 5, 2026), weighted 30 points on technical qualifications and 30 on project understanding, with a Small & Emerging Business Enterprise set-aside at 10%; and Collier County's ITN for comprehensive veterinary services supporting the Domestic Animal Services Center (posted June 22, 2026, due February 4, 2025—note discrepancy in source), requiring full shelter veterinary management with local-vendor preference (10 points) and WBE/MBE certification (5 points) as evaluation criteria.