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MTA Procurement Categories

Updated Jun 13, 2023

Goods and Services

The categories of goods and services purchased by the MTA are being standardized and simplified across all agencies. Below are the new categories. 

Vendors who register with My MTA Portal can select, change, or add to their categories. Registered vendors will also be able to search for procurement events across all agencies and receive electronic invitations to bid on procurement events.

UNSPS Code

Description 

56100000 Accommodation furniture
84110000 Accounting and bookkeeping services
84111500 Accounting services
31200000 Adhesives and sealants
82100000 Advertising
77121500 Air pollution
00000002 Amtrak
10120000 Animal feed
92121800 Armored car services and money transport
84111600 Audit services
84120000 Banking and investment
90101600 Banquet and catering services
26110000 Batteries and generators and kinetic power transmission
31170000 Bearings and bushings and wheels and gears
50200000 Beverages
82121900 Bookbinding
72000000 Building and facility construction and maintenance services
72100000 Building and facility maintenance and repair services
72101500 Building maintenance and repair services
2517510001 Bus vendor kits
2512000004 Bus fare collection equipment
3140000001 Bus gaskets
5216000001 Bus radio equipment
5512000001 Bus signage and accessories
2512000005 Bus wheelchair lift components
2517000001 Bus windows and windshields
80101500 Business and corporate management consultation services
84141700 Business credit agencies
80161600 Business facilities oversight
80121600 Business law services
90101700 Cafeteria services
5216000002 Car radio equipment
81151600 Cartography
31100000 Castings and casting assemblies
81101500 Civil engineering
80121700 Civil liability services
76110000 Cleaning and janitorial services
47130000 Cleaning and janitorial supplies
53100000 Clothing
72153200 Coating and caulking and weather and water and fireproofing
49100000 Collectibles and awards
56110000 Commercial and industrial furniture
72121100 Commercial and office building construction services
93140000 Community and social services
12350000 Compounds and mixtures
43210000 Computer equipment and accessories
81111600 Computer programmers
81110000 Computer services
81110000 Computer services
30110000 Concrete and cement and plaster
72141700 Construction machinery and equipment rental or leasing services
52160000 Consumer electronics
2512170801 Contact rail
73151800 Converting services
70141600 Crop protection
93141700 Culture
81112000 Data services
84101700 Debt management
92121600 Detective services
93131800 Disaster preparedness and relief
10121800 Dog and cat food
91110000 Domestic and personal assistance
81150000 Earth science services
90101500 Eating and drinking establishments
81121500 Economic analysis
82111800 Editorial and support services
81101700 Electrical and electronic engineering
39120000 Electrical equipment and components and supplies
72151500 Electrical system services
26120000 Electrical wire and cable and harness
42170000 Emergency and field medical services products
93141800 Employment
77101500 Environmental impact assessment
77111500 Environmental safety services
80131700 Escrow and title services
81141800 Facilities management
84000000 Financial and Insurance Services
46190000 Fire protection
92101600 Fire services
72152500 Floor laying services
40140000 Fluid and gas distribution
50000000 Food beverage and tobacco products
15100000 Fuels
15000000 Fuels and fuel additives and lubricants and anti-corrosive materials
15110000 Gaseous fuels and additives
31400000 Gaskets
76111500 General building and office cleaning and maintenance services
78131600 General goods storage
81151700 Geology
72153000 Glass and glazing services
84141500 Governmental credit agencies
82140000 Graphic design
82141600 Graphic display services
72102900 Grounds maintenance services
92121500 Guard services
27110000 Hand tools
31160000 Hardware
76101600 Hazardous material decontamination
76121900 Hazardous waste disposal
84131602 Health or hospitalization insurance
85101500 Healthcare centers
72151200 Heating and cooling and air conditioning HVAC construction and maintenance services
40100000 Heating and ventilation and air circulation
22100000 Heavy construction machinery and equipment
72140000 Heavy construction services
72154500 Heavy equipment installation and maintenance services
72141000 Highway and road construction services
90110000 Hotels and lodging and meeting facilities
80111500 Human resource development
40160000 Industrial filtering and purification
80101700 Industrial management
40150000 Industrial pumps and compressors
43000000 Information technology broadcasting and telecommunications
72141100 Infrastructure building and surfacing and paving services
72141100 Infrastructure building and surfacing and paving services
72103300 Infrastructure maintenance and repair services
48100000 Institutional food services equipment
81102700 Instrumented control systems design and engineering services
72153600 Interior finishing and furnishing and remodeling services
30160000 Interior finishing materials
81112100 Internet services
84121700 Investment advice
80111503 Labor or union relations
39100000 Lamps and light bulbs and lamp components
72141500 Land preparation services
91111500 Laundering services
80131500 Lease and rental of property or building
80122000 Legal review and inquiry services
80120000 Legal services
84131600 Life and health and accident insurance
46100000 Light weapons and ammunition
10100000 Live animals
10101500 Livestock
70120000 Livestock services
80101707 Lobbying services
15120000 Lubricants and oils and greases and anti corrosives
80141800 Mailing services
81111700 Management information systems
80161500 Management support services
31000000 Manufacturing components and supplies
73152100 Manufacturing equipment maintenance and repair services
72141200 Marine construction services
80141500 Market research
80140000 Marketing and distribution
72151900 Masonry and stonework services
83121700 Mass communication services
72141600 Mass transit system construction services
24100000 Material handling machinery and equipment
78121600 Material handling service
41110000 Measuring and observing and testing instruments
81101600 Mechanical engineering
85121800 Medical laboratories
81151500 Meteorology
0000000003 MetroCard sale out-of-network
83111600 Mobile communications services
25100000 Motor vehicles
78181900 Navigational equipment maintenance and repair services
11120000 Nonedible plant and forestry products
76121600 Nonhazardous waste disposal
72120000 Nonresidential building construction services
82111600 Nontechnical writing
81151800 Oceanography and hydrology
44110000 Office and desk accessories
80161800 Office equipment rental or leasing services
44100000 Office machines and their supplies and accessories
44120000 Office supplies
72151300 Painting and paper hanging services
31210000 Paints and primers and finishes
14110000 Paper products
78111800 Passenger road transportation
46180000 Personal safety and protection
80111700 Personnel recruitment
72102100 Pest control
82131600 Photographers and cinematographers
82130000 Photographic services
40170000 Pipe piping and pipe fittings
70111500 Plants and ornamental trees
72151100 Plumbing construction services
30180000 Plumbing fixtures
92101500 Police services
78102200 Postal and small parcel and courier services
26100000 Power sources
50190000 Prepared and preserved foods
85121500 Primary care practitioners services
82121500 Printing
45000000 Printing and photographic and audio and visual equipment and supplies
81141700 Production planning and control
82150000 Professional artists and performers
81100000 Professional engineering services
80101600 Project management
46160000 Public safety and control
55000000 Published products
81141500 Quality control
5216000004 Radio batteries
83111900 Radio services
2517440002 Rail toilet parts
2611170001 Rail/subway batteries & cells & accessories
2517510002 Rail/subway car vendor kits
3110000001 Rail/subway cars castings & casting assemblies
2512000001 Rail/subway communication equipment
3912230001 Rail/subway electrical substation meters & relays
3912210001 Rail/subway electrical substation equipment
3113000001 Rail/subway forgings
3140000002 Rail/subway gaskets
2517270001 Rail/subway HVAC
2512150501 Rail/subway propulsion equipment
25170000 Rail/subway signage & accessories
3116190001 Rail/subway springs
4319000001 Rail/subway/bus communications devices and accessories
3111151201 Rail/subway/bus rubber profile extrusions
3017170601 Rail/subway/bus windows
5512000002 Railroad signs/decals
5216000003 Railroad/subway radio equipment
25120000 Railway and tramway machinery and equipment
80131800 Real estate management services
80130000 Real estate services
76122300 Recycling services
76121500 Refuse collection and disposal
82120000 Reproduction services
13110000 Resins and rosins and other resin derived materials
2512000003 Revenue collection equipment
78101800 Road cargo transport
30120000 Roads and landscape
72152600 Roofing and siding and sheet metal services
31150000 Rope and chain and cable and wire and strap
72151700 Safety and security system installation services
0000000004 Sale of surplus & obsolete item
84121800 Securities and commodities markets services
46151600 Security and control equipment
92120000 Security and personal safety
46170000 Security surveillance and detection
92121700 Security systems services
55120000 Signage and accessories
46161506 Snow or ice melter
43230000 Software
81111500 Software or hardware engineering
86130000 Specialized educational services
78131800 Specialized warehousing and storage
72154000 Specialty building and trades services
30130000 Structural building products
30100000 Structural components and basic shapes
30000000 Structures and building and construction and manufacturing components and supplies
5512000003 Subway signs/decals
81141600 Supply chain management
83112400 Switched dial up and leased dedicated line circuit telecommunications services
81111800 System and system component administration services
84111800 Taxation issues and preparation
83110000 Telecommunications media services
80111600 Temporary personnel services
78141500 Transport arranging services
78181700 Transport fueling and vehicle storage and support services
76111800 Transport vehicle cleaning
78000000 Transportation and storage and mail services
25170000 Transportation components and systems
81102200 Transportation engineering
78180000 Transportation repair or maintenance services
25190000 Transportation services equipment
25180000 Vehicle bodies and trailers
78181500 Vehicle maintenance and repair services
86100000 Vocational training
23270000 Welding and soldering and brazing machinery and accessories and supplies
72152400 Window and door installation and erection services
82110000 Writing and translations