UNSPSC 12164502: Flavours or extracts

UNSPSC 12164502 Flavours or extracts (Commodity) encompasses food flavor ingredients, chemical pest-management compounds, and food supplies procured by state and local jurisdictions, though the recent opportunities show minimal direct alignment with flavoring products per se. State and local buyers under this code include school nutrition programs, state departments, county school boards, and public institutions purchasing food supplies for cafeteria and facility operations. The scope of work actually being solicited spans broad food procurement — breakfast cereals, dairy products, proteins, produce, canned goods, and condiments for school lunch programs; specialized pest-management chemicals (liquid Cuelure and liquid Methyl Eugenol) for agricultural monitoring; and institutional food service supplies. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with Georgia boards of education (Tattnall County, Hancock County, Candler County, Effingham County, and Richmond County) posting frequent solicitations; state-level procurement appears in California (pest-management chemicals), Illinois (veterans-home food supply), Texas (criminal-justice cafeteria products), and Georgia (general food and kitchen supplies). Most school nutrition procurements are sealed-bid IFBs or RFQs with firm pricing requirements and compliance mandates including USDA Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content), HACCP food safety certification, and E-Verify compliance.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in California and Illinois. Representative solicitations include the Hancock County Board of Education (IFB #SN002-2027, bids due June 26, 2026, spanning 1,200+ line items across proteins, produce, dairy, grains, and non-food supplies for three school locations); Candler County Board of Education (sealed bids due June 12, 2026, for food, paper, and chemicals supporting the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs); and the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (IFB 304T-26-300CF, bids extended to May 4, 2026, procuring approximately 382 line items for TDCJ warehouse distribution across five geographic areas, with FOB Destination delivery to six Texas distribution points). The California RFQ P26-0410 (due October 14, 2026) for specialized pest-management chemicals and the Illinois Chief Procurement Office weekly food order for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy (proposals due August 24, 2026) represent non-school institutional procurement under the code. School districts commonly award to lowest responsive and responsible bidders on a line-item basis, permitting multiple vendors per contract, with firm pricing for 60–90 days from award and optional escalation clauses tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service reports or CPI data.