UNSPSC 50111520: Chicken, minimally processed with additions

Products from animals of the species Gallus gallus domesticus, including those that are sliced, diced, and irradiated, 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 are present. Lead attributes: 1/ Refrigeration state2/ Chicken meat cut3/ Quality Level4/ Organic5/ Primary product additive6/ Religious law suitability claim7/ Pack type

UNSPSC 50111520 Chicken, minimally processed with additions is a Commodity code covering fully-cooked, portion-ready poultry products supplied to state and local institutions — primarily school districts and state health and human services facilities. State and local buyers solicit minimally processed chicken in standardized forms: breaded patties, fillets, nuggets, strips, chunks, and shredded varieties, all individually quick frozen with specified sodium and whole-grain breading content to support Child Nutrition meal compliance. Products are sourced from USDA commodity chicken and processed to school-nutrition and facility food-service specifications. Issuing bodies include state health agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), independent school districts (Cherokee County, DeKalb County, Douglas County, and Early County systems in Georgia), county boards of education, and special-purpose cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative serving multi-district consortiums). School districts represent the dominant buyer segment, regularly consolidating poultry procurement across multiple institutional foodservice sites.

Recent activity is concentrated in Georgia and Texas. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued IFB HHS0017449 on June 11, 2026, for food and consumable products including processed chicken to supply the HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center, with responses due July 13, 2026, and a historical spend guideline of $1.5 million for the prior contract year. Cherokee County School District (Georgia) posted RFP CP2026 on May 28, 2026, seeking fourteen chicken product lines (breaded patties, whole muscle fillets, grilled fillets, nuggets, strips, shredded chicken, and variants) with projections of 196 to 1,078 cases annually and responses due June 11, 2026; Addendum No. 1 issued May 29, 2026, clarified product specifications. DeKalb County School District (Georgia) issued ITB 26-729 on February 26, 2026, for USDA Product Processing including bone-in chicken, popcorn chicken, whole muscle chicken, and General Tso chicken with firm fixed pricing and a July 1, 2026, contract start; responses closed March 31, 2026. Early County Board of Education (Georgia) posted line-item food procurement on May 11, 2026, encompassing poultry among 300+ food items with responses due June 8, 2026, and contract term July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. Buy American provisions (over 51 percent domestic agricultural content) and HACCP compliance are standard across solicitations; no special set-aside designations appear in the recent postings.