UNSPSC 80161501: Office administration or secretarial services

UNSPSC 80161501 Office administration or secretarial services is a Commodity code that encompasses a wide range of administrative support, customer service, and back-office operations—not the narrow clerical work the code name suggests. Recent state and local opportunities show agencies buying audio-visual event support, service desk and IT support staffing, office-license operation and management, supervised visitation coordination, youth competency program administration, temporary clerical and specialized staffing, and grant or program administration. The issuing bodies span state agencies (Texas Education Agency, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Workforce Commission, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Washington State Department of Commerce), counties (Broward, Galveston, San Mateo, Kenosha, Fairfax, Missouri), cities (Fort Worth, Tucson), and special districts. Texas agencies—particularly TEA and HHSC—appear as repeat buyers with sizable, multi-year contracts.

Geographic concentration is heaviest in Texas, California, Wisconsin, and Florida, with secondary activity in Missouri, Oregon, Virginia, and Washington. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Education Agency's RFP 701-27-001 for audio-visual services supporting hybrid Council meetings in Houston, Austin, and San Antonio (due October 21, 2026); the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's RFO HHS0017021 for Service Desk and Deskside Support staffing of 52 managed-services IT personnel in Austin (due November 3, 2026); the Missouri Department of Revenue's license-office operation RFP in Warsaw (due October 27, 2026) and New Madrid (due June 12, 2026); Kenosha County's RFP 202602 for dementia and caregiver support services administration (due June 30, 2026); and the City of Tucson's RFP for temporary employment and staffing across clerical, IT, and finance categories (due May 22, 2026). Compensation structures vary widely—some contracts use hourly rates, others fixed fees or contingency-based recovery, and still others per-unit or per-transaction pricing tied to actual performance and deliverable acceptance.