UNSPSC 12164501: Preservatives

UNSPSC 12164501 Preservatives is a Commodity code. State and local governments buy preservatives primarily as ingredients embedded in broader food-service and school nutrition contracts rather than as standalone procurement items. Recent solicitations show preservatives appearing as specified components within packaged food products, shelf-stable meal kits, ice cream, pizza kits, and fresh produce — typically governed by compliance standards such as USDA Child Nutrition requirements, Texas Senate Bill 314 (synthetic dye and preservative bans), and Buy American provisions rather than as line-item purchases. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (Tattnall County, Hancock County, Lamar County, Coffee County, Houston County, Klein ISD, Polk County, and Douglas County School Systems in Georgia and Texas), with secondary activity from state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), municipal entities (Invest Atlanta), and correctional facilities (Michigan Department of Corrections). School nutrition procurement dominates the recent activity, with individual district food bids representing the most frequent buyer type across the dataset.

Geographic concentration appears heavily in Georgia and Texas, particularly Georgia school districts, which account for the plurality of recent sealed-bid and IFB activity. Activity is distributed across rural, suburban, and urban jurisdictions, with no single geographic region showing dominance beyond the Southeast and South Central regions. Representative recent opportunities include the Tattnall County Board of Education sealed-bid solicitation for School Nutrition Program food products (due July 22, 2026, PE55089NONST2027000000002), Hancock County Board of Education's multi-category IFB for over 1,200 line items of groceries and food service supplies (due June 26, 2026, PE67080NONST2027000000008), Houston County School District's approximately $14 million annual ITB 27-001 for direct food delivery to 39 schools (due April 17, 2026), and the Douglas County School System's RFP for food supply and distribution services supporting 32,500 students across 32 schools with estimated annual spend of approximately $9,000,000 (due February 18, 2026, PE64810NONST2026000000046). Preservatives as a standalone commodity show minimal direct procurement activity; the code's relevance lies in specification compliance within broader food-service and nutrition contracts rather than direct ingredient acquisition.