UNSPSC 48101529: Pressure cookers or pressure fryers

UNSPSC 48101529 Pressure cookers or pressure fryers is a Commodity code that covers commercial food service equipment, specifically pressurized and high-volume fryers used in institutional kitchens. State and local governments purchase this equipment primarily through school districts and county facilities to support student nutrition programs and correctional institution food service operations. The solicitations show mixed procurement patterns: equipment purchases via competitive bid (ITB) or quote (ITQ) for one-time or replacement needs, and bundled maintenance and repair services contracts that include fryer servicing alongside other commercial kitchen equipment. Issuing bodies include school district nutrition programs (Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida), state departments managing institutional facilities (Connecticut Department of Administrative Services, which serves state agencies and Department of Correction facilities), and county commissioners' offices procuring for county-operated food services. Cooperative purchasing vehicles also use the code: Sourcewell's law enforcement equipment solicitation appears misaligned with the fryer code's actual scope and does not represent fryer procurement activity.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida and Connecticut. Hillsborough County Public Schools issued ITB 26147-ITB-DST in May 2026 for large food service equipment delivery to school sites, federally funded through USDA's Food and Nutrition Service with Buy American and prevailing wage compliance requirements; a Notice of Intent to Award was posted June 30, 2026. Connecticut Department of Administrative Services issued ITB 26PSX0157 in September 2026 for commercial kitchen repair and preventative maintenance services (including fryer diagnostics and repair) at state agency and DOC facilities across eight counties, with bids due October 7, 2026 and pricing preferences available for micro businesses and veteran-owned micro businesses. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners issued ITQ2600314 in June 2026 for a single MTI AutoFry 5 ventless fryer at an estimated value of $12,725.00, with delivery and installation to Tampa required within ten days of purchase order receipt and bids due July 9, 2026. All three active jurisdictions (Hillsborough County Schools, Hillsborough County Commissioners, and Connecticut DAS) are repeat recent buyers under this code.