UNSPSC 23181806: Beverage sterilizer

Equipment that sterilizes beverage product with high pressure steam during the manufacturing process for various beverages.

UNSPSC 23181806 Beverage sterilizer is a Commodity code that in recent state and local practice encompasses comprehensive food safety and sanitation systems supplied to school districts and county government operations. The scope of work extends well beyond the code's nominal name: vendors deliver consumable sanitation supplies (detergents, sanitizers, hand soaps, protective creams, gloves, scouring pads, test kits) bundled with personnel training, HACCP certification, and ongoing service support. Lamar County School District's recent RFQ demonstrates this bundled model, requiring a sole vendor to supply color-coded material data sheets, ServSafe-certified instructor-led training with exam administration, and monthly deliveries of environmentally preferred, American-manufactured detergents across 11 school sites on a 30-working-day rotation. School districts dominate the recent activity under this code; they procure the bundled training-plus-supplies model, while county government and cooperative purchasing vehicles (such as Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Texas) source janitorial and operational supplies on an as-needed basis for fire departments and other county operations.

Recent activity concentrates in Mississippi, Florida, and Texas. Lamar County School District (Purlis, Mississippi) issued an RFQ due July 21, 2026, for a July 2026–June 2027 food safety system contract with an option to extend three consecutive years; Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners (Tampa, Florida) issued an ITB due July 24, 2026, for consumable janitorial supplies for 47 fire stations under a one-year agreement estimated at $765,679.84; and Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative (Kilgore, Texas) issued a catalog discount RFP due May 26, 2026, for custodial supplies serving multiple member entities across a two-year term, with estimated total expenditures of $12,638,478.00. The cooperative purchasing vehicle offers the largest contract value and spans multiple jurisdictions, whereas school-district and county-department opportunities tend to be single-issuer, smaller-dollar contracts with defined annual terms.