UNSPSC 50111500: Minimally processed meat and poultry products

Meat and poultry products, including those that are sliced or diced, that have not been subject to any further manufacturing process such as being cooked, dried, cured, ground, or reformed. Product additions such as an injected solution, marinade, sauce, seasoning, dry coating, stuffing, or filling may be present.

UNSPSC 50111500 Minimally processed meat and poultry products is a Class code. State and local governments soliciting under this code are purchasing frozen and fresh meat and poultry items—ground beef, beef patties, chicken and turkey products, and processed meats—for correctional facilities, school nutrition programs, detention centers, and food pantry operations. The Colorado Department of Corrections is the standout repeat buyer in the recent activity, issuing multiple documented quotes for frozen meat and cheese products (ground beef, beef patties, chicken patties, turkey sausage, turkey franks, ground turkey, turkey roast, thigh meat, turkey bologna, and mozzarella cheese) for its six warehouse locations across the state. Smaller-volume opportunities include the Cherokee County School District in Georgia, which solicited proposals for fully cooked, individually quick frozen chicken products (breaded patties, fillets, nuggets, tenderloins) compliant with USDA commodity standards and whole grain breading requirements; and Beaufort County, South Carolina, which issued an RFP for comprehensive food services at its detention center with onsite preparation of three meals daily. Product specifications consistently emphasize USDA compliance, NAMP standards where applicable, frozen-at-delivery requirements (typically 0 degrees Fahrenheit or below for meat), and production freshness windows (meat within ten months, cheese within eighteen months). Buy American provisions apply across school district solicitations, typically requiring 51% or greater domestic agricultural content.

Recent activity concentrates in Colorado (CDOC issues approximately weekly produce and meat quotes with 48-hour turnaround windows), Texas (Texas school cooperatives, the City of Edinburg CACFP program), California (Stockton Unified School District, Fontana Unified School District), Georgia (Cherokee County), South Carolina (Beaufort County), and Connecticut (New Haven and Meriden school districts). The Colorado Department of Corrections has posted at least fifteen documented quotes for meat, cheese, and produce since late April 2026, each covering single-month supply windows with tight two- to five-day turnaround cycles and firm fixed pricing on F.O.B. Destination terms. Representative recent solicitations include the Colorado DOC's June Meat & Cheese Request for Quote (DQ1CAAA20260004181, due April 17, 2026, covering fourteen frozen-meat line items and three cheese varieties totaling approximately 134,000 pounds for delivery to six facilities); Cherokee County School District's chicken processing services RFP (CP2026, due June 11, 2026, seeking fourteen fully cooked IQF chicken product types with compliance with CN labeling and sodium limits for annual usage of 196–1,078 cases); and Beaufort County's detention center food services RFP (062226, due June 22, 2026, requiring onsite preparation of 3,200–3,400 daily calories across three meals for 200–255 inmates). All three solicitations weight cost heavily in evaluation (30–40 points) and require compliance with federal child nutrition or state detention standards, proof of liability insurance ($1 million minimum general liability standard), and background clearance for personnel accessing secure facilities or serving minors. No set-asides for SBE, MBE, WBE, or DBE are explicitly flagged; however, Colorado's SDVOSB preference (5% on pricing) appears consistently in CDOC quotes, and some school district opportunities carry Buy American compliance language suggesting potential DBE consideration under federal child nutrition rules.