UNSPSC 82160000: Film and theater production support services

Includes a range of services required to produce film and theatrical productions. These include props and costumes, as well as services such as theatrical make-up, location scouting, etc.

UNSPSC 82160000 Film and theater production support services is a Family code. State and local governments procure temporary stagehand and technical labor, theatrical production services, theatrical licensing, mascot costume design and production, event production and technical support (staging, audio, lighting), photographer and videographer services for documentation and media, and related arts production programming under this code. The issuing bodies include municipal departments of arts and culture, school districts, probation departments, community colleges, state procurement offices managing master price agreements, and counties operating convention centers and performance venues. Recent activity spans established master price agreements (Rhode Island's open-enrollment photographer and videographer vendor lists), sole-source temporary labor notices to IATSE union stagehand providers, multi-award RFPs for arts production services (Dallas ISD's districtwide cultural experiences and literacy programming), theatrical instruction contracts with probation departments serving adjudicated youth, and specialized rigging services for convention center and arena events.

Activity concentrates in Florida (Tarpon Springs sole-source stagehand notice, Volusia County convention center rigging services), Rhode Island (state-level photographer and videographer master price agreements), Texas (Dallas ISD cultural experiences RFP, Northside ISD fine arts uniforms procurement), and the broader Southeast and mid-Atlantic. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Tarpon Springs' notice of intent to single-source temporary stagehand labor to UTP Productions/IATSE Local 321 for $16,000 (posting Sep 24, 2026, response deadline Oct 16, 2026); the Community College of Rhode Island's RFQ for Knight mascot costume design and production with 15 percent MBE participation required (posting Sep 8, 2026, due Oct 5, 2026); the State of Rhode Island's open-enrollment Master Price Agreement 214 for photographer services across state and local agencies with 15 percent MBE/WBE participation mandated (proposals due Sep 15, 2026, contract through Dec 29, 2028); the Dallas Independent School District's RFP for cultural experiences, literacy, and arts production services on a districtwide, as-needed basis (posting Aug 9, 2026, due Sep 10, 2026); and the County of Orange Probation Department's RFP for theatre arts and music instructional services for incarcerated youth with three-year firm fixed-fee structure, OCLSB and DVBE preferences of 5–8 percent scoring advantage, and qualifications-based phase scoring (500 points written proposal, 100 points cost, 400 points presentation; question deadline Mar 12, 2026).