UNSPSC 78131811: Warehouse Services

Warehouse Services means the storage of goods, wares, or commodities for hire or compensation, and, in connection with this operation, may include the loading, packing, sorting, stacking, wrapping, distribution, and delivery of those goods.

UNSPSC 78131811 Warehouse Services (Commodity) covers climate-controlled and non-climate-controlled storage, receiving, inventory management, material handling, and transportation services that state and local governments procure for medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, food items, and emergency-response materials. Recent solicitations show state health and human services departments, city procurement offices, and state agricultural agencies using this code to contract for dedicated warehouse space with specific environmental controls, staffing, equipment, and logistics capabilities to support operations ranging from public health emergency response to school nutrition programs.

State health and human services commissions dominate recent activity, with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issuing multiple iterations of the same San Antonio warehouse contract (HHS0016767, v1–v3, posted June through September 2026), seeking 10,000 square feet of climate-controlled and 25,000 square feet of non-climate-controlled space with 24-hour operations and five or more loading docks; historical spend for comparable Texas HHSC services totaled $3.797 million over five years. The Illinois Department of Human Services posted an IFB in April 2026 for dry food storage at the Ann M. Kiley Center in Waukegan, with a three-year term (July 2026–June 2029) and two optional one-year renewals. The New Jersey Department of Agriculture, Division of Food and Nutrition, issued a two-zone food storage proposal in August 2026 to serve 700+ school districts managing $20 million in annual USDA donated foods under the National School Lunch Program and related feeding initiatives. City and county procurement offices appear less frequently; the City of Phoenix solicited warehouse shelving (May 2026, five-year contract effective August 2026) and the City of Madison sought elevator modernization at a parking garage (June 2026). Geographic concentration is heaviest in Texas (multiple HHSC iterations, September 2026 deadline), New Jersey (USDA foods storage, October 2026 deadline), and Illinois (Kiley Center IFB, May 2026 deadline). All recent solicitations require firm fixed-price or annual rate-based pricing, comprehensive insurance (typically $1 million general liability and workers' compensation as baseline), and three years of relevant warehouse or logistics experience; Texas HHSC requires a 26 percent VetHUB subcontracting plan, and Illinois DHS requires 14 percent BEP and 3 percent VBP diversity goals.