UNSPSC 48101923: Food service clamshell or take out containers

Specialty containers for commercial food distribution

UNSPSC 48101923 Food service clamshell or take out containers is a Commodity code that encompasses disposable food packaging and service supplies—including foam and fiber containers, clamshells, trays, cups with lids, and related single-use food service items—that state and local governments procure primarily through school district nutrition programs. The code sees active solicitation from school districts across multiple states seeking to stock their child nutrition operations with compliant, bulk-quantity disposables under annual or multi-year contracts. Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (independent districts, county school systems) and education cooperatives purchasing on behalf of their nutrition programs to support National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP) operations. Washington County School District (Utah), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Northside Independent School District (Texas), Klein Independent School District (Texas), Gwinnett County Schools (Georgia), and Marion County Schools (Florida) have posted recent opportunities under or closely aligned with this code's scope, indicating that major school systems use formalized annual bidding cycles—typically with response windows of two to four weeks—to establish vendor rosters and firm pricing for July-through-June fiscal years.

Recent opportunities span Texas, Utah, Missouri, Georgia, and Florida, with Texas school districts (NISD, KISD) and the Region One Purchasing Cooperative's pre-qualified vendor list representing the densest current activity. Representative solicitations include Washington County School District's Non-Food Bid (CN 2026-27), posted April 28, 2026 with bids due May 19, 2026, seeking approximately 80 product categories of disposables and supplies with weekly delivery to 37 school sites; Rockwood R-VI's Child Nutrition Services Paper and Supplies 2026-27 RFB, posted March 31, 2026, due April 28, 2026, covering roughly 200 line items across foam, fiber, and plastic containers and related supplies; Northside Independent School District RFP 2026-046, posted March 10, 2026, due April 2, 2026, requiring HACCP certification compliance and delivery to two child nutrition warehouses; and Region One Purchasing Cooperative's pre-qualified vendor list (FY260175), posted March 11, 2026, due April 15, 2026, with an estimated contract value of approximately $11,914,670.28 over the initial term and covering 146 member organizations (public school districts, charter schools, community colleges, cities, counties) across seven South Texas counties. Evaluation typically weights price (40–70 percent), quality and specification compliance (10–25 percent), delivery capability (5–20 percent), and vendor references or past performance (5–15 percent); all products must meet FDA and USDA standards, with deliveries required during restricted warehouse windows and substitutions subject to prior written approval.