UNSPSC 81141604: Transport facilitation

UNSPSC 81141604 Transport facilitation (Commodity) covers the sourcing, storage, tracking, and deployment of goods and equipment to support critical operations — work state and local governments procure primarily as emergency or urgent inventory and logistics support to maintain fleet operability, emergency response capacity, and public health readiness. The recent solicitations show state agencies and special-purpose health commissions buying automotive repair parts inventory management, warehouse storage and logistics for medical equipment, and supporting services that keep fleets and supply chains operational during disruptions. Issuing bodies under this code include state transportation departments (IDOT) and state health agencies acting on behalf of subordinate departments (Texas HHSC for DSHS); the solicitations show repeat emergency procurement activity from IDOT District 1 for the same vendor relationship, indicating that established supplier relationships and inventory continuity drive selection in time-critical situations.

Recent activity concentrates in Illinois and Texas. The Illinois Department of Transportation posted an emergency final cost documentation (solicitation 26494DOTFINADB52583) filed June 10, 2026, for a completed emergency automotive repair parts inventory contract awarded to Genuine Auto Parts dba NAPA, with final cost of $488,675.96 executed November 2–December 2, 2025, and a separate emergency procurement notice (26494DOTFINADB51994) issued May 1, 2026, for a 90-day parts inventory supply at $2,250,000.00 estimated cost with response due July 29, 2026. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission on behalf of the Department of State Health Services issued Invitation for Bids HHS0017028, posted May 14, 2026, seeking warehouse storage, tracking, and deployment services for durable medical equipment in the Austin area with a response deadline of April 29, 2026, and contract start of July 1, 2026. The City of College Park, Georgia, issued RFP 26-37 on January 28, 2026, for city manager executive search services — an opportunity unrelated to the nominal code scope and not representative of transportation facilitation procurement activity under this code.