UNSPSC 50112039: Bison or buffalo, processed with additions

Products from animals of the species Bison bison (American Bison) that have been subject to one or more further manufacturing processes 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 state 2/ Bison meat cut 3/ Boneless Claim 4/ Source 5/ Level of Cooking 6/ Non-thermal Preservation 7/ Mechanical Processing 8/ Primary Additive 9/ Quality level 10/ Organic 11/ Religious law suitability claim 12/ Pack type

UNSPSC 50112039 Bison or buffalo, processed with additions is a Commodity code. State and local governments procure this code almost exclusively through school nutrition programs and correctional facilities buying processed meat products—ground, cooked, or formed items—for institutional food service. The recent solicitations show no activity under this specific code; instead, issuing bodies are purchasing chicken, turkey, pork, beef, and ham across similar institutional channels, with processed meat specifications far more commonly appearing under poultry and beef categories than under bison or buffalo. The code sees virtually no recent state or local procurement activity, and the opportunities block contains no bison or buffalo solicitations whatsoever.

The issuing-body mix in the recent opportunities spans school districts (Fairfax County, Rockwood, Liberty County, Henry County, Early County, Douglas County in Georgia and Missouri), state departments of corrections (Oregon, Texas, Georgia), Head Start centers (Dallas), state health agencies (Texas HHSC), and juvenile justice departments (Georgia). These entities issue RFPs, RFQs, and ITBs with response windows of 7 to 60 days, typically in the spring months for July 1 contract start dates. Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, Oregon, Texas, Missouri, and Virginia, with the most frequent repeat buyers being the Oregon Department of Corrections (multiple poultry and meat procurements in March–June 2026) and Georgia correctional and school nutrition agencies. The absence of bison or buffalo in any recent solicitation—despite the wide range of processed meat categories active in institutional food service procurement—signals either minimal demand or systematic routing of bison procurement through different taxonomic codes or cooperative purchasing agreements outside the visible state and local notice flow.