UNSPSC 50121700: Aquatic invertebrates

UNSPSC 50121700 Aquatic invertebrates, a Class code, does not align with the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The nine most recent opportunities posted under this code are school nutrition programs, food service suppliers, and related commodity procurements for school districts, county boards of education, state agencies, and municipal development authorities—none of which solicit aquatic invertebrates as a distinct commodity line. The posted opportunities instead bid out comprehensive school lunch and breakfast supplies covering proteins, produce, dairy, grains, and frozen and prepared foods; food distribution and retail grocery operations; meat and quarterly commodity contracts for state institutions; and fresh produce and eggs through cooperative purchasing vehicles. The code shows a clear mismatch between its nominal taxonomy and what state and local governments are actually buying under it today.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia (Tattnall County Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Early County Board of Education, Lamar County School District, Dougherty County Board of Education, Houston County School District, and Douglas County School System all posted IFBs or RFPs between February and July 2026) and Nevada (Nevada Youth Training Center posted meat solicitations in February and June 2026), with one regional procurement through Invest Atlanta in July 2026 seeking a food distributor and grocery retail operator for Atlanta's Priority Communities. School districts dominate as issuing bodies, with state nutrition programs and development authorities as secondary participants. Representative opportunities include Houston County School District's ITB 27-001 (April 17, 2026 deadline) for direct delivery of food, paper, and chemicals estimated at $14 million annually across approximately 350,000 cases; Dougherty County Board of Education's IFB for groceries across 22 school sites (May 19, 2026 opening); Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 districts with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two (March 4, 2026 deadline); and Invest Atlanta's dual-track RFP for food distribution and municipal grocery retail (August 6, 2026 deadline). If your firm pursues aquatic invertebrates as a commodity, this code exhibits no aligned procurement activity and appears to be a classification error in the source data.