UNSPSC 73171511: Electronic equipment manufacture services

UNSPSC 73171511 Electronic equipment manufacture services (Commodity) encompasses the supply, configuration, deployment, and lifecycle support of computing devices—laptops, desktops, Chromebooks, and specialized configurations—procured by state and local governments for educational, administrative, and operational use. State and local buyers under this code include school districts, city governments, and county agencies; school districts are the dominant issuing body, particularly large unified districts managing fleet refresh cycles across hundreds of school sites. The scope of work spans device procurement with tiered specifications, factory imaging and provisioning, mobile device management enrollment, warranty and repair services (commonly 21-day completion standards), accidental-damage protection, replacement-parts availability guarantees (typically four years post-purchase), and quality-control testing. Vendors must typically demonstrate minimum experience provisioning and deploying 50,000 units annually to a single account.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida and Georgia. Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) in Florida posted an RFP (26376RFQDST, due October 7, 2026) for an estimated $34 million annual refresh cycle covering approximately 13,000 teacher Windows devices, 1,000 student Windows devices, and 2,500 student Chromebooks in Year 1, with a three-year initial term and up to two additional one-year renewals; HCPS intends to award both primary and secondary contractors and requires vendor compliance with Florida's foreign-ownership disclosure (Section 287.138). Atlanta Public Schools in Georgia has posted electrical-services solicitations (IFB PE76110NONST2027000000151, due October 26, 2026) spanning 87 schools and thirteen administrative buildings, though this activity falls outside the electronic-equipment-manufacture scope and appears code-tagged in error. The HCPS opportunity is the primary current marker of genuine activity under this code; smaller or niche device-procurement opportunities from other school districts may exist but are not present in the recent-opportunity data. Qualification thresholds, federal set-asides, state small-business preferences, and cooperative-purchasing vehicles should be verified in full RFP documentation, as the HCPS notice indicates Title I and federal-grant funding alongside state and local appropriation.