UNSPSC 91101900: Fashion consultants

UNSPSC 91101900 Fashion consultants is a Class code that state and local governments use to procure design and production services for branded apparel and costume items, though recent solicitations show the code's scope in practice diverges significantly from traditional fashion consulting. The Community College of Rhode Island's September 2026 RFQ for design and production of a Knight mascot costume—encompassing design consultation, modular costume fabrication with ventilation and flame-retardant materials, and a two-year warranty—represents the primary relevant recent activity under this code. The solicitation requires 15% Minority Business Enterprise participation under Rhode Island law, General Liability insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence, and submission of prior mascot project portfolios and hourly rates for maintenance and repair services. The contract period runs approximately six months beginning November 1, 2026, with an optional one-year renewal. The remaining recent opportunities tagged to this code—Bernalillo County's multi-award RFQ for nonprofit capital project administration, the City of College Park's RFI for public works operational efficiency consulting, the City of Dallas's ID/IQ contract for cathodic protection system surveys, and Columbus Consolidated Government's RFPs for transportation planning studies—have no connection to fashion consulting or costume design and appear to be miscoded in the state and local procurement system.

Rhode Island shows the only concrete recent activity aligned with the code's stated scope. No other states or jurisdictions appear in the recent opportunities block with fashion-consulting or costume-design solicitations under this code. The code shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity, and the single relevant opportunity (CCRI's mascot costume RFQ27006983, due October 5, 2026 via Ocean State Procures) is concentrated in a single higher-education institution. Business development professionals evaluating this code should recognize that recent state and local procurement activity is sparse and geographically limited, with the code appearing to capture only niche institutional costume and branded apparel projects at this time.