UNSPSC 24111503: Plastic bags

UNSPSC 24111503 Plastic bags, a Commodity code, covers single-use and reusable plastic bags that state and local governments procure for food service operations, correctional facilities, and institutional food programs. Recent solicitations show heavy demand for specialized food-grade plastic bags — particularly cook-chill bags used in bulk food preparation and storage — alongside broader institutional plastic-bag procurement encompassing clear polypropylene, grocery, and merchandise bags. Issuing bodies span state departments of correction and administrative services, county sheriff and public-health operations, school districts, and special-purpose food-service authorities. Connecticut's Department of Administrative Services has issued multiple solicitations for cook-chill bags supporting the Department of Correction; Orange County, California (Sheriff-Coroner) and Washington County, Utah (School District) have bid multi-category paper-and-plastic-bag bundles; and Conejo Valley Unified School District in Ventura County has issued an RFP encompassing plastic bags as part of broader child-nutrition disposables procurement. Contracts typically run three to five years with optional renewals, require firm or indexed pricing (often tied to producer price indices or percentage-discount formulas), and include delivery and insurance obligations.

Activity is concentrated in California, Connecticut, and Utah. Connecticut's Department of Administrative Services posted solicitation 26PSX0089 (cook-chill bags, due June 1, 2026) followed by a rebid, 26PSX0151, due September 3, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. EDT, with micro-business price preferences of up to 10 percent (15 percent for veteran-owned micro-businesses) and estimated annual quantities of 75,000 one-gallon and 125,000 two-gallon bags in 500-bag cases. Orange County, California's Sheriff-Coroner issued solicitation 0603042102CC for paper bags, plastic bags, rolled paper, and related items via competitive sealed bid with sample submission required by May 22, 2026, and electronic bids due May 29, 2026, at 4:00 p.m., supporting jail commissary, food services, coroner's office, and crime lab with a requirement for 60-mile warehouse proximity to Santa Ana and seven-day delivery capability; the County's OCLSB and DVBE preferences apply at five to eight percent. Washington County School District, Utah issued RFB CN 2026-27 (due May 18, 2026 on BONFIRE) for disposable food bags and containers serving 37 school sites, with weekly delivery, 80-line-item categories, and evaluation weighted toward price (40%), quality (25%), delivery (20%), and references (15%). Conejo Valley Unified School District, California posted RFP 2026-03 (due May 13, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. PT on Euna Procurement Portal) for 180-line-item food-service disposables including plastic bags, requiring delivery Monday–Friday to central kitchen and nine sites with a one-year term beginning July 1, 2026, and two optional renewals.