UNSPSC 10102100: Birds and fowl hatching eggs

Fertilized bird eggs for grow-out

UNSPSC 10102100 Birds and fowl hatching eggs is a Class code that encompasses live fowl procurement for state and local government operations, including breeding stock and game birds for wildlife management programs. State and local buyers under this code include wildlife departments, natural-resource agencies, and purchasing offices acting on behalf of those departments. The scope of work involves sourcing live birds meeting specific health, physical, and genetic specifications for stocking, breeding, or public use — not hatching eggs per se, but live birds at various life stages.

State procurement activity under the code centers on the Northeast, with recent documented solicitation from the State of Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of State Procurement Services, which issued RFQ 09A 260708-005 on July 8, 2026 requesting approximately 2,000 adult ring-necked pheasants to support public hunting season, with quotations due July 22, 2026. The resulting Master Agreement will permit all state agencies to purchase birds as needed through June 30, 2031. Birds must be fully feathered with tail feathers averaging at least 8 inches, a minimum 50% male sex ratio, minimum weights of 2.5 lbs for males and 2.0 lbs for females, and originate from flocks certified negative for pullorum, typhoid, West Nile Virus, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases for six months prior to delivery. Initial deliveries of at least 700 birds must occur before September 26, 2026, with subsequent stockings on the first and third Sundays of October at two designated locations in Maine. Pricing is FOB Destination on a per-bird unit basis with all shipping charges included, and vendors must replace any dead, injured, or missing birds at no additional cost.