UNSPSC 10121508: Feed alfalfa or lucerne meal or pellets

Type of animal feed for herbivores.

UNSPSC 10121508 Feed alfalfa or lucerne meal or pellets is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity covers the supply of animal feed, hay, and bedding materials — primarily hay and shavings — to horse facilities and animal shelters. The code sees activity from municipalities, county governments, and special-purpose animal-care authorities managing equine operations or animal-shelter programs. Scope includes delivery of feed and hay to horse farms and facilities, often with same-day or next-day delivery requirements, and the bundled supply of wood shavings for animal bedding. The City of Conyers issued an RFP for equine waste removal, shavings, hay, and feed sales and delivery at the Georgia International Horse Park with proposals due August 27, 2026, and DeKalb County posted an ITB for feed, hay, and shavings supply to Little Creek Horse Farm with a three-year term and two one-year options and bids due July 23, 2026. A broader pre-qualification solicitation by Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners seeks vendors for animal feed (excluding dog food), hay, and pine shavings or pellets on a term-contract basis with an anticipated total value of $1,095,000 over sixty months. Buyers are primarily located in Georgia and Florida, with recent activity concentrated in the Southeast.

The code shows modest but steady regional activity centered in Georgia and Florida. Beyond the equine and farm-supply solicitations, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care & Control in North Carolina issued a competitively procured contract for shelter food supply serving approximately 12,000 animals annually across two facilities, though that solicitation (due June 24, 2026) focuses on species-appropriate nutrition for dogs, cats, and other domesticated animals rather than bulk hay or alfalfa pellets. County horse farms and municipal equestrian facilities drive the most directly relevant procurement under this code, with delivery speed and volume-handling capacity as key service differentiators. Set-asides and local-preference provisions apply selectively — Palm Beach County applied its Equal Business Opportunity Program and Affirmative Procurement Initiative, while the Georgia solicitations do not explicitly reference set-asides.