UNSPSC 50120000: Seafood

Spans any form of sea life regarded as food by humans. Seafood prominently includes fish and shellfish. Shellfish include various species of molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms. Historically, seafood also includes sea mammals such as whales and dolphins, although this happens to a lesser extent in modern times. In North America, although not generally in the United Kingdom, the term "seafood" is extended to fresh water organisms eaten by humans, so all edible aquatic life may be referred to as seafood.

UNSPSC 50120000 Seafood, a Family code, encompasses fresh, frozen, and processed seafood products that state and local governments procure primarily for institutional food service — school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and youth training centers. The recent solicitation activity shows state and local buyers purchasing fish sticks in bulk for correctional use, locally sourced fresh or value-added seafood for K-12 school districts, and commodity meat and seafood items for institutional meal service. The issuing bodies include state departments of administrative services, county boards of education, school districts, regional planning councils acting on behalf of multiple constituent school districts, state youth training centers, and county sheriffs' offices. School nutrition programs and correctional or youth facilities dominate the buying pattern under this code.

Recent opportunities span Georgia, Nevada, Massachusetts, and California. The Georgia Department of Administrative Services solicited fish sticks for Georgia Correctional Industries (RFQ 92100ERFQ0020702027, due October 12, 2026), specifying delivery in 40,000-pound increments with all-inclusive pricing. The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), representing 13 regional planning agencies and constituent Massachusetts cities, towns, and school districts, issued an RFP for local seafood products suitable for K-12 populations (RFP BD261217MAPC1MAPC1130351, due July 2, 2026), with an earlier RFI (BD261217MAP03MAP03129966, due May 29, 2026) seeking supply-chain information from harvesters, producers, and distributors capable of sourcing seafood from the six New England states and New York. Nevada Youth Training Center posted two separate quarterly meat solicitations on the NevadaEPro platform (40DHHSS3903, due June 18, 2026, and 40DHHSS3997, due September 15, 2026), offering 5% price preference to Nevada-based vendors and additional preference to veteran-owned businesses with service-connected disabilities. Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office also solicited meat and cheese products (ITBPRCFY260693, due August 3, 2026), though the full scope was not disclosed in available documentation.