UNSPSC 50121600: Shellfish

UNSPSC 50121600 Shellfish, a Class code, does not reflect the actual work state and local governments are buying under this code. Recent opportunities tagged to it are school nutrition food bids, fresh produce and egg procurement, and institutional meat supply — none of which involve shellfish. The code shows a systematic mismatch between its nominal scope and actual purchasing activity across the source record. Over the past four months, Georgia school districts (Tattnall County, Hancock County, Early County, Lamar County, Dougherty County, Houston County, and Douglas County) have dominated the recent opportunities, with school boards issuing Invitations for Bid (IFBs) and Requests for Proposal (RFPs) for direct-delivery food products including proteins, produce, dairy, grains, and non-food supplies to support National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. The Nevada Department of Administration and Invest Atlanta have also solicited under this code for meat supply (Nevada Youth Training Center quarterly meat contracts) and food distribution and retail grocery operations (Invest Atlanta's dual-track RFP for municipal market operators and food distributors in Atlanta Priority Communities), and the State of Georgia has posted a general food, supplies, and kitchen products bid. The issuing bodies are predominantly school boards and state education agencies, with secondary activity from state youth institutions and city economic development authorities.

The geographic concentration is Georgia, where nearly all recent school nutrition opportunities have been posted, with secondary activity in Nevada for institutional meat procurement. Representative recent opportunities include Houston County School District's ITB 27-001 for direct delivery of food, paper, and chemicals (due April 17, 2026; valued at approximately $14 million annually with 350,000 estimated annual cases), Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs across 30 districts (due March 4, 2026; estimated spending of $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two), and Invest Atlanta's dual-track RFP for retail grocery market operators and food distributors in Priority Communities (due August 6, 2026). The Nevada Youth Training Center has issued quarterly meat solicitations (most recent due June 18, 2026) with 5% Nevada-producer preference and additional preference for service-connected veteran-owned businesses on contracts between $50,000 and $500,000. The code's activity is driven almost entirely by school nutrition procurement; the shellfish designation appears to be a data-tagging error rather than a reflection of current buying patterns.