UNSPSC 12164504: Sweeteners

UNSPSC 12164504 Sweeteners, Commodity, spans the supply of sugar products and sugar substitutes to state and local institutions—primarily correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, veterans homes, schools, and food service operations. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers procuring confectioner sugar, powdered sugar, brown sugar, white granulated sugar, and liquid saccharin concentrates in quantities ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of pounds annually, with all-inclusive delivery pricing, USDA and FDA compliance, palletization and labeling requirements, and shelf-life minimums of one year typical. The issuing-body mix is dominated by state departments of corrections and health and human services commissions, with secondary activity from school districts and smaller municipal food service programs. Georgia Correctional Industries, the Oregon Department of Corrections, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and the State of Illinois issue the majority of opportunities, with repeated procurement cycles indicating ongoing institutional demand.

Geographic activity clusters heavily in Texas, Oregon, Georgia, and Illinois, reflecting the concentration of large state correctional and institutional care networks in those jurisdictions. Representative recent solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000017455 (July 10, 2026, due July 24) requesting 42,500 pounds of brown sugar and 170,000 pounds of white granulated sugar to the Central Distribution Center in Salem with FOB Destination pricing and 5 percent Oregon-vendor preference available; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's blanket solicitations IW258299, IW258302, and IW258303 (all posted July 13, 2026, due July 27) for sweetener and sugar substitute products to distribution centers in Beeville, Snyder, and Huntsville; and Georgia Correctional Industries' eRFQ 92100ERFQ0020082027 (posted September 15, due September 22) for confectioner sugar with delivery included in all-inclusive bid pricing and responses restricted to PDF format with explicit prohibition on compliance shortcuts. Incumbent pricing data indicates historical awards in the range of $0.53 to $0.63 per pound for granulated and brown sugar.