UNSPSC 48101518: Commercial use pasta cookers

UNSPSC 48101518 Commercial use pasta cookers, a Commodity code, captures commercial food-service equipment that state and local governments procure for institutional cafeterias, kitchens, and food-preparation facilities. Recent activity shows school districts soliciting kitchen equipment bundles that span pasta cookers and related cooking, refrigeration, and serving infrastructure as part of larger cafeteria build-outs or renovation projects. The scope extends beyond pasta cookers alone to encompass walk-in coolers, convection ovens, serving lines, ice machines, and food-prep stations—all equipment subject to NSF certification, UL or ETL listing, ENERGY STAR qualification, and FDA Food Code compliance. Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts purchasing as part of new construction or major facility refresh; the code also likely captures orders from state and county detention facilities, universities, hospital food services, and other institutional food-service operations. Vendors must typically hold five or more years of continuous operation supplying commercial kitchen equipment to educational or institutional clients, provide three client references within the past three years, carry $1,000,000 commercial general liability insurance, and hold current manufacturer authorization.

Temple Independent School District (TISD) in Bell County, Texas posted RFP00826 on March 2, 2026, soliciting kitchen equipment and fixtures for Temple High School's new cafeteria with a March 25, 2026 response deadline. The line-item bid structure permits multiple awards and encourages vendors to discount all-equipment proposals; TISD evaluates pricing (40 points), quality and compliance with technical standards (25 points), vendor qualifications and experience (15 points), past relationship history (10 points), warranty and service response (5 points), and delivery logistics (5 points). Pricing must be firm and fixed through October 2026 delivery with F.O.B. destination terms; federal compliance including Davis-Bacon prevailing wage and Buy American Act provisions apply. TISD encourages MBE, WBE, and HUB participation and has not disclosed an award budget. Geographic activity centers on Texas; the recent-opportunities block presents no evidence of pasta-cooker procurement activity outside this single TISD solicitation.