UNSPSC 10101718: Live frigate tuna fish or melva fish

A small type of tuna fish that lives in tropical and sub-tropical waters. Scientific name is auxis thazard. Family is Scombridae. Genus is Auxis. Other common names are botellita, barrileto negro, cabana negra, barrilete negro.

UNSPSC 10101718 Live frigate tuna fish or melva fish is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity is being used to solicit live freshwater fish — primarily hybrid sunfish and trout fingerlings — for public fishing programs and educational initiatives rather than the saltwater species its code name suggests. State and local governments buying under this code are primarily natural-resources and park departments seeking to stock public waters and operate fish-rearing facilities that serve disadvantaged populations, schoolchildren, and recreational anglers. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania have posted recent solicitations; Illinois sought live hybrid sunfish (bluegill/green sunfish hybrids, 4"–6" in length) for urban lagoon stocking and regional fishing events, while Montgomery County sought an operator to sub-lease and maintain a trout nursery facility for fingerling production. Both procurements emphasize compliance with state aquaculture and fisheries licensing, liability insurance, and performance guarantees around fish survival and delivery logistics.

Recent activity is concentrated in Illinois and Pennsylvania. The most prominent current opportunity is the Illinois Department of Natural Resources IFB B27-422DNR-RESCO-B-54517 for live hybrid sunfish, posted October 14, 2026, with responses due November 4, 2026; the scope encompasses 132,257 fish annually across six regional delivery zones and statewide special events, with firm pricing through the initial two-year term and renewal options to ten years total. Montgomery County's complementary opportunity was a sub-lease RFP (Solicitation 2629) for trout nursery operation, posted May 11, 2026, with a June 4, 2026 deadline; this sought an insured operator to manage fingerling rearing at a 6-raceway facility in Norristown and required submission through the County's Bonfire procurement portal. The code shows limited recent activity; the mismatch between the code's saltwater species name and the freshwater fish actually being procured suggests this Commodity code may not be the primary tag state and local procurement offices use for these opportunities.