UNSPSC 94112002: Buddhism services

UNSPSC 94112002 Buddhism services is a Commodity code showing minimal alignment between its nominal scope and recent state and local procurement activity. The single relevant recent opportunity is the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office RFP 2026-RFP-00580 for Library, Chaplaincy, and Jail Services, posted July 3, 2026, with proposals due July 30, 2026. That solicitation explicitly includes chaplaincy services covering religious services programming, chaplain rosters across denominations, religious materials, and special requests — a scope that encompasses Buddhism services alongside other faith traditions. The San Mateo procurement seeks organizations with four years of similar service experience within the last seven years and an account manager with two years of relevant experience within the past five years. The contract term is one year with one optional extension not to exceed two years. Two competing opportunities in the recent-opportunities block — Grand County, Colorado's May 2026 Kosher Food Preparation Inspection solicitation and the City of DeBary, Florida's April 2015 irrigation system bid — appear unrelated to Buddhism services and suggest the code is being applied inconsistently or as a catch-all category within some procurement systems.

The geographic spread is extremely limited. San Mateo County, California is the only recent issuing body with a directly relevant solicitation under this code. The Colorado and Florida opportunities have no bearing on Buddhism services activity. Local procurement preferences apply in the San Mateo County solicitation: five percent additional evaluation points for local businesses and nonprofits, with an additional three percent for small businesses or small nonprofits, or five percent for micro businesses or micro nonprofits. Chaplaincy services in correctional settings are a recurring procurement category across many jurisdictions, but this code shows sparse documented activity, suggesting that state and local governments either procure chaplaincy services under different codes or that the available data reflects incomplete or inconsistent tagging. The cooperative purchasing clause in the San Mateo opportunity permits other organizations to utilize any resulting agreement.