UNSPSC 50122072: Wild caught black sea bass

In this classification this entry represents the species of fish known as Black Sea Bass, that was raised in the wild and harvested as an adult, and is presumed to have grown as an organic and Non GMO species.

UNSPSC 50122072 Wild caught black sea bass is a Commodity code that captures a narrow food-supply niche largely absent from recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally designates a single seafood species, but the 17 recent opportunities in the source block show virtually no match to wild-caught black sea bass specifically. Instead, the opportunities reflect broad school nutrition procurement — multiple Georgia school districts (Houston County, Hancock County, Early County, Lamar County, Dougherty County, Treutlen County, Richmond County, Douglas County, and Decatur City Schools) and the State of Georgia issuing IFBs and RFQs for comprehensive food service supplies that include proteins, produce, dairy, grains, and non-food items across hundreds of line items per solicitation. These school district procurements emphasize domestic sourcing, USDA Child Nutrition compliance, whole-grain and low-sodium specifications, HACCP certification, and Buy American provisions. One opportunity — Invest Atlanta's RFP for food distribution services and municipal market retail operations (due August 6, 2026) — frames food supply at the economic-development level, requiring distributors to source a minimum 10% from Georgia-based producers. A Gwinnett County supplemental grocery purchase (due May 6, 2026) and a Houston County warehouse delivery bid (due April 16, 2026) add county and district-level demand signals, though neither targets specific fish species.

The issuing bodies are overwhelmingly Georgia school districts (at least nine distinct districts active in the recent block), the State of Georgia, and county governments (Gwinnett County, Houston County, Douglas County, Dougherty County, Hancock County, Early County, Lamar County, Treutlen County, Richmond County) and a city (Decatur). State-level procurement (Georgia Department of Education or equivalent), county-level school food authorities, and city school systems dominate. Bidding is open and competitive; no set-asides are noted in the summaries. Geographic concentration is entirely within Georgia. The code's narrow scope — wild-caught black sea bass as a commodity — does not align with actual procurement patterns. Vendors pursuing this code should recognize that state and local governments buy fish and seafood as line items within broad food-service RFQs and IFBs, not as standalone procurement categories. Black sea bass, if purchased at all, would be embedded in a school district's "proteins" or "entrees" category bid or as part of a food distributor's full product portfolio serving a school system. The recent-opportunities block provides no evidence of standalone black sea bass procurements, suggesting this code is not a meaningful business-development target in state and local markets today.