UNSPSC 48101900: Tabletop and serving equipment

UNSPSC 48101900 Tabletop and serving equipment is a Class code covering serving counter equipment, smallwares, and food service serving supplies that state and local governments procure for school nutrition programs, convention facilities, and institutional food service operations. Recent solicitations show school districts and municipal facilities soliciting serving counter equipment, smallwares such as plates, glassware, and serveware from authorized manufacturers, and bundled food service supplies for school nutrition programs. Issuing bodies include school districts (Conejo Valley Unified School District in California, Town of Mansfield in Connecticut), county convention facilities (Orange County, Florida), and state departments (Florida Department of Transportation). The code also attracts cooperative purchasing vehicles, with Sourcewell coordinating multi-jurisdictional procurement on behalf of participating entities across Washington state and beyond, though a recent Sourcewell RFP for law enforcement equipment appears unrelated to the tabletop and serving equipment scope.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida and California. Representative opportunities include Orange County, Florida's IFB Y26-165 for food and beverage smallwares from eleven authorized manufacturers (American Metalcraft, Bon Chef, Cal-Mil, Carlisle, Eastern Tabletop, Front of the House, Libbey, Service Ideas, Snap Drape, Spring USA, Steelite International) for the Orange County Convention Center, a five-year contract with an estimated budget of $2,155,000 across all manufacturers, with sealed bids due April 30, 2026; Conejo Valley Unified School District's RFB 202607 for child nutrition serving counter equipment due July 28, 2026; and the Town of Mansfield, Connecticut's RFQ 37778 for combined food service supplies (dairy, produce, meats, and paper products) for the 2026–2027 school year due July 23, 2026. The Florida Department of Transportation's ITB 15478 for furnish and install of restaurant equipment at the Haydon Burns Building Kitchen (closed April 22, 2026) represents institutional kitchen equipment procurement tangential to the tabletop serving equipment scope.