UNSPSC 80141900: Trade shows and exhibits

UNSPSC 80141900 Trade shows and exhibits is a Class code encompassing the rental, management, and operational services that state and local governments procure to host, staff, and execute trade shows, conferences, community markets, and exhibition events. Recent solicitations reveal work spanning exhibit booth rental at industry trade shows, full-cycle event management (planning, staffing, security), merchandise concessions at venues, interpretive exhibit design and fabrication, and community market operations. The issuing bodies are diverse: state departments (Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services, California Department of Water Resources, Texas Workforce Commission, Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism), county governments (Santa Clara County, Volusia County, Sarasota County), cities (Holly Hill, College Park), and universities (University of Texas at Austin). No single jurisdiction dominates the recent activity; instead, trade-show and conference support is distributed across state agencies managing agricultural promotion, workforce development, and tourism, alongside local parks and recreation departments and convention centers seeking operational staffing and event management capacity.

Geographic activity concentrates in Florida, California, and Texas, with secondary activity in Georgia, Massachusetts, and Colorado. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Holly Hill's RFP for Weekly Community Market Management Service (responses due August 20, 2026), requiring vendor recruitment, promotion, and logistics for a recurring outdoor market; Santa Clara County's RFP for Levi's Stadium Event Merchandise Concessions (due December 9, 2026), requiring full turnkey merchandise operation during stadium events; Volusia County's RFP for Ocean Center Event Staffing and Event Security Services (due December 9, 2026), covering ticket-taking, entry screening, and in-event crowd management across 52 annual events; and the Texas Workforce Commission's RFP for exhibitor services supporting the 2026 Statewide Conference (due June 5, 2026), delivering registration, booth setup, furniture, flooring, and labor for approximately 1,500 exhibitors. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has posted multiple single-source notices for agricultural trade-show booth rental with industry associations and venues, with estimated values ranging from $36,000 to $311,000 through June 30, 2027. Activity under this code spans both competitive RFPs and sole-source negotiations; multi-year contracts with renewal options are common.