UNSPSC 80151500: Trade facilitation

UNSPSC 80151500 Trade facilitation, Class, encompasses state and local government procurement of business development and market-entry consulting, trade mission coordination, and export acceleration strategy work. State and local buyers procure services ranging from feasibility studies and strategic planning through active matchmaking and market access support for companies entering new markets, often with export-readiness diagnostics and individualized coaching embedded in multimonth engagements.

Issuing bodies span state economic development offices (California GO-Biz, Washington OSPI, Oregon Business Development Department), counties and cities (San Mateo County, Whitfield County, Pinellas County, City of Phoenix), universities and public boards (Texas A&M System, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Tarleton State University), and special-purpose entities (Atlanta Beltline Inc., Invest Atlanta, Boulder County Housing Authority). California GO-Biz and county economic development offices appear repeatedly as prolific buyers under this code. Recent opportunities span skills assessments, organizational diagnostics, job classification studies, feasibility and strategic planning work, conference execution support, and specialized cohort-based training programs—a mix reflecting the code's actual absorption of general management and strategy consulting beyond strict trade facilitation. The geographic spread is national, with concentrations in California (GO-Biz trade missions and accelerators), Texas (A&M System, Teacher Retirement System, Arlington, Texas), Georgia (Whitfield County, Augusta, Atlanta Beltline, Invest Atlanta, Fayetteville), and Colorado (Boulder County). Whitfield County Board of Commissioners solicited a Job Classification and Pay Study (Solicitation PE75500NONST2026000000057, RFP, due November 20, 2026) covering 800 employees and 200+ job classifications; Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS000718, RFP, due November 20, 2026) requested an enterprise fraud detection and monitoring platform proposal; and California GO-Biz issued multiple trade mission and export accelerator RFPs (California Medical Device Export Accelerator, DSEI Germany Business Development Consultant, Semicon Japan Trade Mission, Australia-India Beauty Brand Accelerator) between August and October 2026. The City of Phoenix (RFQU270477, RFQ, due November 6, 2026) and Pinellas County (multiple AI roadmap RFPs, responses due September–December 2026) solicited qualified-vendor lists for management consulting and specialized strategy work.