UNSPSC 50111548: Bison or buffalo, minimally processed with additions

Products from animals of the species Bison bison (American Bison) that have not been subject to any further manufacturing process such as being cooked, dried, cured, ground, or reformed. Products may be sliced, diced, or mechanically tenderized. Product additions such as an injected solution, marinade, sauce, seasoning, dry coating, stuffing, or filling are present. Lead attributes: 1/ Refrigeration state 2/ Bison meat cut 3/ Boneless Claim 4/ Source 5/ Quality 6/ Primary Additive 7/ Organic 8/ Religious law suitability claim 9/ Pack type

UNSPSC 50111548 Bison or buffalo, minimally processed with additions is a Commodity code that state and local governments rarely solicit for directly. The recent opportunities tagged under this code show no active procurement of bison or buffalo products. Instead, the tagged solicitations cover staple meat proteins—chicken, turkey, pork, ground poultry, ham, leg quarters, and breakfast patties—sourced by correctional facilities, school districts, youth training centers, and child nutrition programs across multiple states. State and local food service operations procure these animal proteins in volume for institutional meal programs, typically on annual or multi-year contracts with fixed or cost-plus pricing, USDA compliance, cold-chain delivery, and line-item or multi-vendor award structures. The code appears misapplied to these opportunities; no recent state or local solicitation names bison or buffalo meat as a procurement objective.

School districts dominate recent activity in the broader meat and protein category, with Early County Schools (Georgia), Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood School District (Missouri), Liberty County Schools (Georgia), Henry County Schools (Georgia), and Douglas County Schools (Georgia) all issuing IFBs or RFPs for groceries and food items in the March through June 2026 window. Correctional and juvenile justice agencies—the Oregon Department of Corrections, Georgia Correctional Industries, Nevada Youth Training Center, and Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice—issued a series of ITBs and solicitations for specific protein commodities (chicken strips, ground poultry, turkey, pork loins) between February and June 2026. Head Start of Greater Dallas and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission sought food and consumable suppliers under CACFP and state-facility meal-service requirements. Geographic activity concentrated in Georgia (multiple school systems and GCI), Oregon (ODOC), Texas (TDCJ, TEA, Head Start, HHSC), Nevada, Virginia, and Missouri. The recent opportunities show sustained state and local demand for protein commodities at institutional scale, but no current market for bison or buffalo products; the code itself carries minimal forward-pursuit signal for vendors unless a specific jurisdiction signals intent to diversify protein sourcing.