UNSPSC 50112136: Organic bison or buffalo, processed with additions

Products from animals of the species Bison bison (American Bison), these products have been grown, handled, and transported in a manner that qualifies them to be certified as organic.

UNSPSC 50112136 Organic bison or buffalo, processed with additions is a Commodity code that addresses a narrow product category with minimal recent state and local procurement activity. The code name reflects processed bison or buffalo meat products, but the recent-opportunities block contains no solicitations explicitly naming bison or buffalo procurement. State and local governments do solicit processed protein products for school nutrition services, institutional feeding, and farm-to-school initiatives, but the available opportunities target broader protein categories—chicken processing, fresh locally raised protein (beef, pork, poultry), USDA commodity processing, and general grocery items—rather than bison or buffalo specifically. The issuing bodies active in processed-meat procurement include school districts (Garland ISD, Cherokee County, Bulloch County, DeKalb County, Douglas County, Henry County Schools, and Rockwood R-VI in Missouri), state health and human services agencies (Texas HHSC), and county school systems across Georgia. These jurisdictions procure meat products through RFPs, RFQs, ITBs, and IFBs, with contract cycles typically aligned to fiscal-year food service calendars running July through June.

The geographic footprint of recent protein procurement activity centers on Georgia (Douglas County, Henry County, DeKalb County, Bulloch County), Texas (Cherokee County ISD, Garland ISD, and state-level Texas HHSC), and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI), with secondary activity in additional Georgia school districts participating in cooperative purchasing vehicles. No recent state or local solicitations explicitly reference organic bison or buffalo as a procurement category. Bulloch County School District's local protein RFP (posted April 3, 2026, due May 4, 2026) sought fresh locally raised beef, pork, and poultry within a 200-mile radius but did not name bison; DeKalb County's USDA product processing ITB (posted February 26, 2026, due March 31, 2026) and other school nutrition solicitations across the region focus on conventional commodity proteins. The absence of recent bison-specific opportunities suggests this code either sees no current state or local demand, or procurement offices are categorizing bison products under broader commodity or protein family codes rather than this specific commodity code. Business development professionals should monitor whether local farm-to-school initiatives in bison-raising regions (northern plains, mountain west) begin naming bison explicitly in upcoming solicitations, as current activity does not support pursuit under this code.