UNSPSC 70161501: Fauna protection

UNSPSC 70161501 Fauna protection (Commodity) covers state and local procurement of animal welfare and shelter services—including veterinary care, rescue operations, vaccination and microchip clinics, spay/neuter surgery, behavioral management, boarding and kenneling, and trap-neuter-vaccinate-release (TNVR) programs. Recent solicitations show strong activity across city and county animal services departments, which are the primary issuing bodies. The City of San Antonio Animal Care Services has posted multiple concurrent opportunities covering emergency veterinary services (RFP), spay/neuter contract veterinarians, community vaccine and microchip clinics, and rescue partner incentives, all due August 25, 2026; these represent a coordinated, multi-service procurement cycle. Other significant recent activity includes Collier County's comprehensive veterinary services procurement for its Domestic Animal Services Center (ITN 25-8347, February 4, 2025 deadline, with local-vendor and MBE/WBE evaluation weighting), a Bergen County canine behavior management program (RFP BCRFP26013, August 7, 2026 deadline), and the City of Wichita's veterinary consulting services solicitation (RFP 260121, June 5, 2026 deadline, with Small & Emerging Business Enterprise set-aside at 10% of evaluation criteria). The City of Fort Worth is procuring animal housing equipment including kennel doors, group kennels, and cat condos (RFP 26-0179, May 21, 2026 deadline, with 30% small business participation goal in Tarrant, Wise, Johnson, Parker, or Denton County).

Geographic distribution spans Florida (Collier County, Hillsborough County, Pasco County), Texas (San Antonio, Fort Worth, Wichita, Windcrest, Los Fresnos ISD), North Carolina (Charlotte-Mecklenburg), New Jersey (Bergen County), Oregon (Salem), Georgia (state DNR), and Arizona (Tucson). Solicitations cluster around shelter operations, veterinary medicine, and animal welfare services rather than commodity supplies alone. Recent opportunities with firm deadlines include San Antonio's January 2026 animal boarding extension (RFP-2025-2026-001, January 22, 2026 deadline), Charlotte-Mecklenburg's shelter food supply program (due June 24, 2026), Collier County's TNVR initiative (ITN 26-8652, March 17, 2026 deadline, tiered reimbursement at $25 per healthy cat, $10 per medical-treatment or adoptable cat, $5 per euthanasia case), and Harris County's pet clinic supplies ITB (due July 27, 2026). Set-asides and preferences appear frequently: Collier County weights MBE/WBE certification (5 points) and local-vendor preference (10 points) in veterinary services; Wichita applies SEBE consideration at 10% of scoring; Fort Worth targets 30% small business participation in four-county region. Pasco County's RFI on animal management software (due May 19, 2026) signals emerging demand for integrated shelter-operations platforms.