UNSPSC 50121705: Fresh aquatic invertebrates

UNSPSC 50121705 Fresh aquatic invertebrates is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local solicitations tagged under it do not reflect procurement of fresh seafood or shellfish. Instead, the tagged opportunities are broad food and kitchen-product bids issued by state agencies and school districts for comprehensive National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program support, encompassing meats, poultry, seafood, dairy, vegetables, fruits, grains, condiments, cleaning supplies, and paper products. The scope mismatch between the code's nominal definition and actual solicitation content suggests that fresh aquatic invertebrates represent a line item within larger food-service contracts rather than a standalone procurement category. State and local issuing bodies — specifically state departments of education or purchasing, school boards, and county school districts — are the primary buyers tagged under this code, though the opportunities recovered show the code capturing aggregate food provisioning rather than shellfish procurement in isolation.

Recent activity appears concentrated in Georgia, where the State of Georgia posted a May 15, 2026 food, supplies, and kitchen-products IFB (Solicitation PE55645NONST2026000000009) with response due June 22, 2026, and the Early County Board of Education posted a May 11, 2026 line-by-line food bid (Solicitation PE55045NONST2027000000006) with response due June 8, 2026 for a July 2026 through June 2027 contract term. The Early County solicitation specifies domestic sourcing preferences, whole-grain options, low-sodium formulations, HACCP compliance, $500,000 general liability insurance, and Buy American provisions. The available data does not support characterization of activity outside Georgia or identification of repeat buyers across multiple states.