UNSPSC 50102514: Chestnuts, shelled

A tree nut with the shell removed.

UNSPSC 50102514 Chestnuts, shelled is a Commodity code that frames a narrow product line, but recent state and local procurement activity shows that the code captures only a small portion of the broader food procurement being tagged under it. The recent opportunities—chiefly school district and state human services solicitations—are requesting comprehensive grocery and food supply contracts covering hundreds of line items across produce, proteins, dairy, grains, prepared foods, and supplies. Chestnuts appear incidentally, if at all, within these much larger food service categories. Issuing bodies include school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Douglas County School System in Georgia), state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois Department of Corrections or comparable agency under the IVHQ designation), and state purchasing offices (Georgia). These are primarily K-12 school nutrition programs and state institutional food service operations.

Geographic activity is concentrated in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, with posted opportunities in Georgia (two solicitations), Texas, Virginia, and Missouri, alongside Illinois. The most substantial recent opportunity is the Douglas County School System RFP SN26-003 for Food Supply and Distribution Services (due February 18, 2026), seeking a main-line food distributor to supply approximately 32,000 meals daily across 32 schools with an estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9,000,000. Other representative solicitations include Fairfax County Public Schools Master Grocery K-12 IFB 2000004323 (due April 27, 2026) requiring weekly delivery to 45 schools plus distribution kitchens, Rockwood R-VI School District Child Nutrition Services grocery items RFP (due April 29, 2026) covering over 900 line items, and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products for the HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 13, 2026) with a prior-period historical value of $1.5 million. The code shows limited decision relevance for vendors targeting chestnuts specifically; procurement under this code appears driven by large institutional food service demand aggregated under broader category structures rather than discrete chestnut supply.