UNSPSC 48101815: Commercial use ladles

UNSPSC 48101815 Commercial use ladles is a Commodity code that captures state and local government procurement of kitchen smallwares and disposable food-service supplies for school nutrition programs, institutional food service, and county operations. Recent solicitations show that state and local buyers under this code are primarily purchasing paper goods, disposable serving containers, food-preparation utensils, thermometers, measuring equipment, and related food-service items through catalog-discount contracts and itemized smallwares bids. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and county governments, with school nutrition programs representing the largest buyer segment. School districts soliciting under the code include Baconton Community Charter School, Colquitt County School Nutrition, Bartow County School System, Atlanta Public Schools, and Fulton County Schools; county bodies include Crisp County and Gwinnett County, Georgia, and Hillsborough County, Florida. These jurisdictions rely heavily on cooperative purchasing vehicles, multi-year renewal options, and line-item specifications requiring bidders to meet or exceed stated material standards and food-safety compliance requirements.

The code sees sustained activity concentrated in Georgia and Florida, with recent activity also in Texas and Ohio. Representative opportunities include Crisp County and Gwinnett County's joint B-2714AM Smallwares Catalog Discount IFB (responses due October 16, 2026), offering a one-year contract term effective January 1, 2027, through December 31, 2027; Bartow County School System's School Nutrition Program Paper Goods & Supplies IFB 2027-03 (bids due September 2, 2026), covering serving trays, containers, napkins, and disposables for the 2026-2027 school year; Colquitt County School Nutrition's SY26-27 School Nutrition Smallwares Bid (bids due June 15, 2026), soliciting pricing on 295 line items across ten equipment categories with delivery to multiple school sites; and Baconton Community Charter School's smallware and small equipment bid (bids due July 20, 2026), requesting kitchen thermometers, scoops, sheet pans, knives, and small equipment such as blenders and can openers. Catalog-discount and multi-award structures dominate; school nutrition programs typically require firm pricing for the initial contract term with limited adjustments tied to published indices.