UNSPSC 84121802: Commodities or futures market services

UNSPSC 84121802 Commodities or futures market services is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity spans employee benefit consulting and brokerage services, investment consulting for trust funds and post-employment benefit liabilities, arbitrage compliance and tax-exempt bond rebate services, commercial paper liquidity provision, unclaimed property auditing and collection, commercial real estate brokerage, and travel card procurement — a sprawl reflecting misalignment between the code's nominal scope (derivatives and futures trading advisory) and what jurisdictions are actually tagging under it. Counties, cities, school districts, and universities are the primary issuing bodies. Henry County, Georgia and Williamson County, Texas have each posted RFPs for employee benefit broker consulting services; the City of Sarasota, Florida seeks investment consulting for its OPEB Trust Fund (approximately $60 million in assets with $1 million annual outflows); Okaloosa County, Florida is requesting arbitrage consulting to manage tax-exempt bond compliance under Internal Revenue Code Section 148; the City of Dallas is soliciting commercial paper liquidity providers for three capital improvement programs totaling up to $775 million in potential short-term financing; Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District and George Mason University are each sourcing medical plan and comprehensive insurance broker services; and the Washington State Department of Revenue is contracting for unclaimed property auditing across five counties. Geographic activity clusters in Texas (Williamson County, Dallas, SCUC ISD), Florida (Sarasota, Okaloosa, St. Petersburg), Georgia (Henry County, Crisp County), and Washington State, with secondary activity in Virginia (George Mason University) and Illinois (State Board of Education travel card procurement).

Henry County, Georgia issued RFP 27-01 due August 11, 2026, for employee benefit consulting and broker services with evaluation weighted toward qualifications and experience (35 points), key staff availability (30 points), and technical approach (30 points), with cost weighted at only 5 points; the contract reserves the right to negotiate fees with the highest-ranked proposer and requires Georgia occupational licensure and errors-and-omissions coverage. The City of Sarasota issued RFP #26-36HR due August 19, 2026, for investment consulting services managing its $60 million OPEB Trust Fund, requiring asset-based fee structures in basis points with defined breakpoints and one-year term plus two optional renewals. Williamson County, Texas posted RFP 26RFP50 due July 9, 2026, for benefit broker consulting including RFP support, program design, regulatory compliance, and vendor performance audits. The Washington State Department of Revenue issued RFP 2026-01 due June 5, 2026 (or June 15, 2026 for out-of-state unclaimed property auditing), seeking multiple vendors at 10 percent contingency compensation on property delivered, with a $2 million ceiling across the three-year initial contract term (July 1, 2026–June 30, 2029), six incumbent vendors in the prior cycle, and a mandatory bidders conference on May 8, 2026. The City of Dallas solicited commercial paper liquidity providers due May 22, 2026, with SBE participation goals under its DRIVE Plan and local preference available for Dallas-based firms or those meeting workforce composition thresholds.