UNSPSC 78131600: General goods storage

UNSPSC 78131600 General goods storage, a Class code, encompasses the receipt, handling, inventory management, storage, and delivery of goods in warehouse facilities — both climate-controlled and non-climate-controlled — serving state agencies, school districts, counties, cities, and special districts. State and local governments procure storage for food commodities (frozen, refrigerated, and dry goods), medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, records, and other non-perishable inventory, with contracts specifying facility square footage, temperature control bands, pallet capacity, delivery frequency, inventory tracking systems, and insurance requirements. Recent opportunities show issuing bodies across education (school districts), human services (state developmental centers and nutrition programs), health agencies, and municipal departments; repeat buyers include the Illinois Department of Human Services (multiple cold storage solicitations for Ludeman Developmental Center and Kiley Center facilities) and school districts establishing pricing frameworks for as-needed storage.

Geographic spread includes Illinois, Texas, Oregon, Arizona, Mississippi, and Florida, with notably dense activity in Illinois and Texas. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for comprehensive warehouse storage and transportation in San Antonio (climate-controlled minimum 10,000 square feet, non-climate-controlled minimum 25,000 square feet, with 26.0% HUB subcontracting goal, due June 8, 2026); the Oregon Department of Administrative Services' ITB for statewide USDA Foods warehousing serving 210 school districts and 300 active delivery sites (managing approximately 210,000 cases annually across dry, refrigerated, and frozen categories, due April 6, 2026); the San Antonio Independent School District's RFP for cold storage facility services on an as-needed basis (approximately 87,281 cases stored and 28,977 cases moved annually, due March 17, 2026); and the Illinois Department of Human Services' IFB for dry-goods warehousing at the Ann M. Kiley Center (60–70 pallet spaces, 40-mile service radius, with 14% BEP and 3% VBP goals, due May 20, 2026). The Illinois DHS also awarded a cold storage emergency contract to Summit Cold Storage Company for $70,628.32 at Ludeman Developmental Center (post-award final cost notice, July 9, 2026).