UNSPSC 50122142: Farm raised monkfish

In this classification this entry represents the species of fish known as Monkfish, that was farm raised and harvested as an adult, and is not presumed to have grown as an organic and Non GMO species.

UNSPSC 50122142 Farm raised monkfish is a Commodity code that encompasses live and processed seafood products for institutional food service, though the recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code do not isolate farm-raised monkfish as a line item or commodity of interest. Instead, the opportunities reflect broad-based school nutrition and municipal grocery procurement in Georgia, where seafood procurement is embedded within general food service categories alongside proteins, produce, dairy, and staples rather than tracked as a distinct species or sourcing method. State and local buyers—primarily school districts, counties, and municipalities—solicit food products through IFBs and RFPs organized by product category (proteins, frozen items, fresh produce, dairy) or by vendor type (direct delivery, warehouse supply, distributors). School districts in Georgia dominate the recent activity, with the Houston County School District, Douglas County School System, Dougherty County Board of Education, Lamar County School District, Richmond County Board of Education, Early County Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, and City Schools of Decatur all soliciting multi-million-dollar annual contracts for school nutrition programs. Invest Atlanta's dual-track RFP for food distribution and municipal market retail operations in July 2026 represents a secondary buyer profile focused on community food access and local sourcing.

Georgia concentrates the recent procurement activity, with solicitations spanning statewide and regional cooperative buying vehicles. The Houston County School District's ITB 27-001 for direct delivery food and paper supplies (April 17, 2026 deadline) is valued at approximately $14 million annually with 350,000 cases yearly and represents the largest single procurement in the dataset. Douglas County School System's RFP 26-003 for main-line food distribution (February 18, 2026 deadline) estimated $9 million in annual expenditure across 32 schools, while its separate RFP for fresh produce and eggs through the GEC Buying Cooperative (March 4, 2026 deadline) spans 30 school districts across two geographic areas with approximately $5.5 million combined annual spending. Smaller school districts including Treutlen County, Early County, Hancock County, Lamar County, and Dougherty County issued parallel IFBs in March and April 2026 with deadlines clustered between May 15 and June 8, 2026. None of the recent solicitations isolate farm-raised monkfish by species or sourcing method; protein procurement is specified by IMPS requirements, domestic content thresholds under Buy American compliance, and temperature control protocols rather than by individual species line items.