UNSPSC 24131511: Bakery cabinet refrigerator

Cabinet refrigerator designed specifically to accommodate bakery size trays and store goods or commodities above 0 degrees centigrade.

UNSPSC 24131511 Bakery cabinet refrigerator (Commodity) covers walk-in coolers, freezers, and cooler/freezer combination units that state and local governments procure for school food service, law enforcement evidence storage, corrections facilities, and public dining operations. Recent solicitations show school districts dominating the buyer mix, with Georgia, Michigan, Texas, and Kansas agencies also active; Georgia school systems (Richmond County, Pierce County, Bartow County) and Texas systems (Sinton ISD, Temple ISD) appear as repeat buyers. The code sees steady activity across education, corrections, and municipal facilities, with work typically scoped as turnkey delivery and installation of prefabricated units, removal of existing equipment, refrigeration system commissioning, and extended warranty provisions. Representative recent opportunities include Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' sealed-bid Freezer #8 Replacement Project (walk-in freezer with condensing units, evaporator, electrical and structural modifications, bid due August 7, 2026), Sacramento County Sheriff's Property Warehouse RFB 2026-RFB-0061 for a prefabricated frost-free evidence-storage freezer kit with disassembly and assembly labor (bid due July 7, 2026), and Houghton Lake Community Schools RFP for Collins Elementary walk-in freezer replacement with two condensing units, drain and insulation work, and comprehensive warranty (proposal due May 22, 2026).

Geographic activity clusters in the Southeast (Georgia), Midwest (Michigan), and Texas, with additional recent solicitations from Kansas (Wichita), Minnesota (Sourcewell cooperative for multiple jurisdictions), and scattered single-location school district procurements across other states. Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple refrigerated-storage-container procurements in July 2026 (Lindsey State Jail, B Moore Unit, Kyle Unit, Willacy County State Jail, Bell Unit) on electronic platforms, though detailed specifications and contract values are not published in advance; Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued related IFBs for freezer unit installation at Denton State Supported Living Center (bid due June 26, 2026, amended version), and Texas Workforce Commission sought kitchen cooler remediation for the Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center walk-in cooler (RFP due June 23, 2026). School districts typically demand branded equipment (Amerikooler, Kolpak, Thermo-Kool, Dalton systems), five-year compressor warranties, NSF and UL certification, and ADA compliance; vendors must hold commercial general liability insurance ($1 to $2 million per occurrence depending on jurisdiction) and workers' compensation coverage. Most solicitations weight cost heavily (30–45 points) alongside quality and installation timeline, with pre-bid meetings and site visits commonly mandatory or strongly encouraged. Set-asides and preferences vary by state and funding source—federal grant–funded procurements (Sacramento County, Temple ISD) invoke 2 CFR Part 200 full and open competition but encourage small business and DVBE participation; school systems often reference HUB or MBE/WBE preferences without numeric set-asides. Response dates cluster in spring and early summer, suggesting budget-cycle driven procurement for fall/winter installation windows.