UNSPSC 93161608: Custom tax or duty

A tax or levy made by a government on imported items usually according to a schedule of products and services.

UNSPSC 93161608 Custom tax or duty is a Commodity code that in recent activity captures sole-brand scientific equipment procurements by state educational institutions rather than tax or duty administration. The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) on behalf of Athens Technical College issued an eRFQ in April 2026 for a one-time purchase of an AKTAgo Liquid Chromatography System to support protein purification in the college's Biotechnology Programs, with no substitutions to brand, make, or model permitted. The code's nominal scope—custom tariff or customs duty—does not align with the actual work state and local bodies are buying under this tag. Educational institutions appear to be the primary issuing bodies using this code for sole-brand laboratory equipment purchases where procurement rules or cooperative-purchasing vehicles require classification under available taxonomy that does not precisely match the goods being bought.

The single recent opportunity identifies Georgia as the active jurisdiction. Athens Technical College, located at 800 US Highway 29 North, Athens, Georgia, posted the eRFQ on April 23, 2026, with a response deadline of April 29, 2026, through the Team Georgia Marketplace Bid Event portal. No award value or budget range was disclosed. The procurement was open to authorized vendors capable of supplying the AKTAgo system with no set-aside designations or restrictions on eligible respondents noted. Prospective bidders could contact the Georgia Department of Administrative Services Customer Service Help Desk at 404-657-6000 or ProcurementHelp@doas.ga.gov for technical assistance. The mismatch between the code's name and the educational equipment scope suggests this code sees limited activity relevant to tax, duty, or customs administration work in state and local procurement.