UNSPSC 78121603: Freight fee

This is a fee charged for transferring goods.

UNSPSC 78121603 Freight fee (Commodity) describes transportation and logistics services that state and local governments procure to move goods, equipment, materials, and supplies—encompassing parcel and heavy freight shipping, specialized vehicle transport, emergency courier services, vanpool operations, and temperature-controlled delivery for time-sensitive materials such as vaccines and medical supplies. The issuing-body mix spans state departments (Texas Parks and Wildlife, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Nevada Department of Corrections, Michigan Department of Natural Resources), county governments (Pinellas County, Monroe County), cities (Austin, San Antonio, Atlanta, Phoenix), transit authorities (Orange County Transportation Authority), and special-purpose districts (Pinal County Air Quality Control District). Recent solicitations show activity across transportation and logistics categories: the Texas Department of Transportation is soliciting emergency freight and courier transportation services statewide (RFQ 601290000033430, due July 29, 2026); the Texas Facilities Commission is requesting freight transportation service providers to move federal surplus property to Austin, San Antonio, and Fort Worth warehouses under an open-enrollment model (RFQ 0009955, due August 7, 2026); and the Illinois Department of Public Health is procuring emergency courier and temperature-controlled vaccine transportation services statewide (IFB 26482DPHPREPDB52639, due August 18, 2026). The code also captures specialized transport—vehicle towing and recovery services for counties (Pinellas County School District, Pinellas County), vanpool operations (Pinal County), and temperature-controlled shipping of medical supplies and laboratory materials.

Geographic activity centers on Texas (eight recent solicitations), Nevada (three), Michigan (two), and scattered activity in Florida, Illinois, California, Georgia, and Arizona. Representative recent work includes the Texas Department of Public Safety's request for vehicle transport services moving six vehicles daily between Austin headquarters and Georgetown surplus operations (IFB 405-26R0023390, due July 31, 2026, with anticipated award August 21); the Texas Facilities Commission's multi-vendor open-enrollment pool for full-truckload and less-than-truckload surplus property transport covering the continental United States with detention and overnight fees capped by the solicitation (RFQ 0009955, 286 prior loads totaling $667,927.37 as of September 2025); Pinellas County School District's 24/7/52 towing and recovery services for school buses and district vehicles with a $70,000 annual estimate (IFB 26AM012, due July 29, 2026); and Monroe County's paratransit and demand-response transportation for transportation-disadvantaged residents requiring door-to-door service and ADA-accessible vehicles (RFP638, due July 21, 2026). Set-asides and preferences vary by jurisdiction—Texas emphasizes VetHUB vendor participation and HUB subcontracting plans; Florida applies 5% local preferences; Nevada extends 5% preferences to Nevada-based producers and additional preferences to service-connected-disabled veterans on contracts valued $50,000–$500,000.