UNSPSC 12131706: Matches

UNSPSC 12131706 Matches, a Commodity code, encompasses single-use food items and packaged goods that state and local governments procure for school nutrition programs, institutional feeding, emergency meal services, and retail food operations. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers purchasing matches alongside broader food service supplies—though matches appear incidentally rather than as standalone procurement drivers. The actual procurement activity under this code reflects the broader institutional and school food service market, where matches are bundled with grocery, produce, dairy, protein, and supply items rather than solicited independently. Issuing bodies include school districts (Tattnall County, Hancock County, Coffee County, Lamar County, Klein ISD, Houston County, Polk County, Douglas County in Georgia and Texas), state health and human services agencies (Texas HHS Commission for Rusk State Hospital canteen operations), state correctional systems (Michigan Department of Corrections for prisoner commissary), municipal economic development entities (Invest Atlanta for food distribution and retail grocery operations), and county emergency management offices (Seminole County for disaster meal services). School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with repeat multi-bid activity from Georgia school systems conducting annual school nutrition procurement cycles.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas. Georgia school districts—including Tattnall County, Coffee County, Lamar County, Houston County, Polk County, and Douglas County—issued the plurality of recent opportunities between February and July 2026, each soliciting food supplies through multiple IFB and RFP notices for school year 2026–2027 contracts. Texas school districts (Klein ISD, Klein Independent School District) and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted three opportunities in March and June 2026. A Michigan Department of Corrections commissary procurement (April–June 2026) and Seminole County (Florida) disaster meal services and kitchen equipment procurements (February 2026) add regional diversity. Representative recent opportunities include Houston County School District ITB 27-001 SNP Food Bid (posted March 13, 2026, due April 17, 2026) for direct delivery of food, paper, and chemical supplies valued at approximately $14 million annually; Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 (posted February 4, 2026, due March 4, 2026) for fresh produce and eggs across 30 Georgia school districts through the GEC Buying Cooperative with estimated annual spend of $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two; Invest Atlanta RFP PE66789NONST2027000000021 (posted July 6, 2026, due August 6, 2026) for food distribution services and municipal market retail operations in Atlanta's Priority Communities; and Michigan Department of Corrections RFP for Prisoner Store and Friends and Family Care Packages (posted April 24–May 8, 2026, due June 15, 2026) serving 26 facilities and approximately 33,000 incarcerated individuals. Activity is steady through the school calendar cycle, with heaviest posting volumes in March–April and June–July as districts prepare for fiscal year and school year transitions.