UNSPSC 10121509: Livestock salt

A form of salt designed to be fed to livestock. It helps to correct deficiencies in the rumen, thus increasing the population of microbial flora and thus forage digestion.

UNSPSC 10121509 Livestock salt (Commodity) covers equine and animal facility feed, hay, bedding supplies, and related materials that state and local governments procure to operate and maintain horse parks, animal shelters, and similar facilities. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers purchasing hay, grain feed, wood shavings (for bedding and animal litter), pine pellets, and supplemental animal supplies for horses, shelter animals, and other livestock. The issuing bodies span county governments (DeKalb County, Georgia; Palm Beach County, Florida), municipal authorities (City of Conyers, Georgia), and special-purpose agencies (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care & Control). Most recent activity involves routine procurement of feed and bedding for operational facilities rather than the salt-specific commodity the code nominally describes, indicating a mismatch between the code name and actual state and local buying patterns under this classification.

Geographic concentration is strongest in Georgia and Florida, with recent opportunities from DeKalb County, the City of Conyers, and Palm Beach County. DeKalb County issued an IFB (2026-085-ITB) for a three-year contract with two one-year options to supply feed, hay, and shavings to Little Creek Horse Farm, due July 23, 2026, with one-calendar-day delivery required. The City of Conyers posted an RFP for equine waste removal and exclusive sales rights for shavings, hay, and feed at the Georgia International Horse Park, due August 27, 2026, with a mandatory pre-proposal meeting and site visit on August 3, 2026; the awardee receives a ten-year initial term through December 31, 2036, with a five-year extension option. Palm Beach County maintains a standing pre-qualification list (Request for Pre-Qualification #24-016/CB) for animal feed, bedding, and supplies with an anticipated total contract value of $1,095,000 over sixty months, with new vendor submissions accepted on a rolling basis after an initial December 21, 2023 deadline. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care & Control in North Carolina solicited proposals for the Shelter Food Supply Program serving two facilities and approximately 12,000 animals annually, due June 24, 2026.