UNSPSC 90141500: Professional sporting events

UNSPSC 90141500 Professional sporting events (Class) encompasses the procurement of services to organize, manage, operate, and support athletic competitions and recreational sports programming at state and local venues. State and local governments use this code to solicit officiating and referee assignment services, athletic facility operations and league management, sports instruction and enrichment programming, event promotion and activation, and specialized services such as scoring and timing for competitions. The issuing bodies span city parks and recreation departments, independent school districts, county recreation authorities, and public universities. Recent solicitations show a mix of cities (DeBary, Olathe, Salem, Madison, Mooresville), counties (Collier, Greenville, Hays), school districts (Fort Bend, Birdville, Cirrus Academy, City Colleges of Chicago, Fairfax County), and state/university systems (Rhode Island, Georgia Tech, Sam Houston State, University of Connecticut). Repeat buyers include city recreation departments procuring officiating services across multiple sports and school districts purchasing athletic trainer services and enrichment programming.

Geographic activity spans Florida (DeBary, Collier County), Texas (Fort Bend, Hays, Birdville, Sam Houston State), Connecticut (Town of Preston, UConn), Kansas (Olathe), Oregon (North Clackamas, Salem), North Carolina (Mooresville, Cirrus Academy), Virginia (Fairfax County), Arizona (Dysart), Illinois (City Colleges of Chicago), Wisconsin (Madison), Georgia (Georgia Tech), South Carolina (Greenville County), and Rhode Island. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Olathe, Kansas issuing RFP 260087 for exclusive seasonal and tournament operations at two softball complexes with proposals due October 7, 2026; Greenville County Parks requesting proposals under RFP #26109 for officiating assignor services for approximately 800 annual games across four sports with sealed proposals due June 4, 2026; North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District issuing RFQ SC0101000017874 for youth basketball officiating services with quotes due September 17, 2026; and Fort Bend Independent School District soliciting proposals under RFP 27-008LB to continue and expand out-of-school time enrichment programs for Pre-K through 8th grade across 30 campuses with proposals due November 10, 2026. The code shows consistent recent activity with a broad mix of single-sport and multi-sport officiating contracts, facility lease and operations agreements with multi-year terms, and enrichment programming procurement from school districts.