UNSPSC 10101717: Live ispi fish

A type of pupfish native to the Lake Titicaca region of Bolivia and Peru. It is a carnivorous plankton feeder and can reach a length between 9 and 22 centimetres. Scientific name is orestias ispi. Family is cipirinodontidae. Genus is orestias.

UNSPSC 10101717 Live ispi fish is a Commodity code under which state and local governments procure live fish for public health, environmental stewardship, and recreational purposes. Recent activity shows two distinct use cases: mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) supplied for residential mosquito control programs, and fingerling trout reared and stocked for public fishing events and educational access. The issuing bodies include county public health departments and county parks or conservation agencies collaborating with state wildlife commissions. Procurement vehicles range from competitive sealed bids (ITBs) for commodity supply contracts to letters of interest for facility operation sub-leases where the vendor manages breeding and rearing operations.

Hillsborough County, Florida solicited live Gambusia holbrooki mosquitofish through an ITB (ITB2600227, response due May 7, 2026) for a three-year supply contract estimated at $169,440.00, with delivery within two weeks of purchase order and strict insurance and employment verification requirements. Montgomery County, Pennsylvania issued a letter-of-interest solicitation (2629, response due June 4, 2026) seeking an operator to sub-lease and manage a trout nursery facility in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission, with a ten-year term and responsibility for all operational costs. The geographic spread covers at least Florida and Pennsylvania, with no indication of broader regional concentration in the recent record.