UNSPSC 91101701: Hair cutting or color services

UNSPSC 91101701 Hair cutting or color services is a Commodity code that captures on-site barber and cosmetology services provided within correctional and residential facilities, school districts, universities, and state-supported institutions. Recent state and local solicitations show substantial variation in scope: most buyers seek routine haircut services delivered by licensed barbers or cosmetologists at specified per-cut rates, but some facilities also procure advanced services including hair coloring, chemical treatments, braiding, and styling. The issuing-body mix is dominated by state correctional and residential agencies, particularly the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, which operate juvenile correctional facilities and state supported living centers. A small number of higher-education institutions have also entered the market; the University of Texas at San Antonio recently solicited bids for full-service salon operation on campus. Vendors entering this code face consistent compliance barriers: all service providers must hold current, valid state barber or cosmetology licenses, pass criminal background checks and fingerprinting, comply with Prison Rape Elimination Act requirements when serving correctional populations, maintain workers' compensation and commercial general liability insurance, and submit monthly invoices supported by haircut logs or attendance records.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, where the TJJD operates five recently solicited facilities—Evins (Edinburg), Gainesville, Mart, Giddings, and the Lufkin State Supported Living Center—with response dates clustered between July and September 2026. The Oregon Youth Authority issued an RFQ for haircare services at Oak Creek Youth Correctional Facility in Albany on July 28, 2026, with an OSBE preference under Oregon administrative rule. Representative recent opportunities include the TJJD's IFB for barber services at Gainesville (due September 23, 2026, pricing per haircut), the Oregon Youth Authority's RFQ for basic and ethnic haircare services at Oak Creek (due July 28, 2026, all-inclusive flat fee not to exceed $250,000), and HHSC's IFB for cosmetology and barber services at Lufkin (due July 24, 2026, with dual licensing requirements—Class A Barber and Class A Cosmetologist—and a four-year contract term from September 1, 2026). The TJJD contracts typically run 12 months with optional renewals contingent on legislative funding, while the HHSC solicitation runs four years with one optional extension. All TJJD facilities require pricing on a per-haircut basis with no minimum service volumes guaranteed, whereas the OYA opportunity and UTSA salon operation use flat-fee or facility-operation structures.