UNSPSC 50101716: Whole nuts or seeds

UNSPSC 50101716 Whole nuts or seeds (Commodity) covers shelf-stable nuts, seeds, and nut-based products that state and local governments procure for school nutrition programs, institutional food service, senior centers, and public-facility canteens. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers purchasing peanuts (salted and in butter form), sunflower seeds, trail mix, peanut butter and jelly crackers, and related items as components of larger food-service contracts rather than as standalone commodity buys. School nutrition programs dominate the issuing-body mix, with multiple Georgia school districts (Hancock County, Candler County, Early County, Tattnall County, and Effingham County boards of education) posting nutrition-program food bids that include nuts and seeds as line items within broader grocery or produce RFQs and IFBs. Texas Health and Human Services Commission canteen-supply contracts and Gwinnett County (Georgia) senior-center food procurement also appear in recent postings. Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with isolated California (Santa Clara County) activity.

Representative recent opportunities include Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' IWQ 140229 informal written quote (due October 19, 2026) for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items for senior services, which listed peanut butter among 35 line items; Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017763 for assorted snack products at Rusk State Hospital (due August 4, 2026, later reissued as HHS0017763_V2 due August 21, 2026) specifying salted peanuts and sunflower seeds as specialty items; and Hancock County Board of Education fresh-produce and nutrition-program grocery bids (due June 26, 2026) encompassing hundreds of line items across proteins, produce, and specialty foods. Activity is episodic rather than continuous; most procurement occurs on an annual or school-year basis (July through June cycles typical for education, September through August for state institutions). Nut and seed items typically represent a small fraction of total procurement value within larger food-service contracts and are not generally solicited in isolation.