UNSPSC 10101805: Live crabs

UNSPSC 10101805 Live crabs, a Commodity code, reflects minimal recent state and local procurement activity tied to its nominal scope. Of three opportunities tagged under the code in the past quarter, only one involves live aquatic species procurement: Hillsborough County, Florida's ITB 26-00227 for Gambusia holbrooki mosquitofish delivery to its Mosquito Control Division. That solicitation, posted April 21, 2026 with a May 7 deadline, sought three-year supply of live mosquitofish in three size categories (medium, large, and field run) for residential mosquito control distribution, estimated at $169,440 across the contract term. The second relevant opportunity—Montgomery County, Pennsylvania's AI for Fish Nursery Operator (posted May 11, 2026, due June 4)—involves fish species management but targets sub-lease operation of a trout nursery facility rather than live crab supply. A third posting from Williamson County, Texas is purely administrative notification of a purchasing office relocation with no procurement scope.

Activity under this code appears concentrated in Florida and Pennsylvania, though the sample is too thin to establish a durable pattern. The Hillsborough County mosquitofish contract represents the clearest current market signal: counties and public health departments do procure live aquatic species for mosquito abatement and public recreation programs, but live crabs as a discrete commodity line do not surface in recent state and local solicitations. Business development professionals should monitor whether future school district food service, institutional dining, or special-event catering RFPs tag live seafood procurement under this code, or whether the code's actual procurement activity migrates to aquaculture and species-management programs rather than direct commodity supply.