UNSPSC 50122145: Farm raised orange roughy

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

UNSPSC 50122145 Farm raised orange roughy is a Commodity code that encompasses fresh and frozen aquaculture seafood products for institutional food service, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows negligible actual demand for the specific product. The code's nominal scope targets farmed orange roughy as a discrete seafood commodity, yet the sixteen recent opportunities from Georgia state agencies, school districts, and municipal procurement offices posted between January and July 2026 — including solicitations from the State of Georgia, Houston County School District, Douglas County School System, Dougherty County Board of Education, Lamar County School District, Richmond County Board of Education, Early County Schools, Hancock County Board of Education, Decatur City Schools, Gwinnett County, Treutlen County, and Invest Atlanta — show virtually no specification or procurement of orange roughy. The opportunities instead center on direct-delivery food service contracts for school nutrition programs, state agency dining operations, and municipal food distribution, with typical line-item bid lists spanning hundreds of products across proteins (ground beef, chicken, pork, turkey, fish fillets generically), produce, dairy, grains, frozen vegetables and fruits, canned goods, and paper supplies.

Georgia dominates recent activity, with all sixteen posted opportunities originating from Georgia state entities and school districts, suggesting either the code is misapplied at the state level or the specific product rarely appears in actual institutional procurement. The issuing bodies span school boards across rural and suburban counties (Houston, Dougherty, Lamar, Richmond, Early, Hancock, Treutlen, Douglas), urban and suburban districts (Decatur, Gwinnett), the State of Georgia procurement office, and the City of Atlanta (Invest Atlanta). Representative recent opportunities include the Houston County School District ITB 27-001 for direct food delivery to 39 schools with approximately $14 million annual estimated value (bid due April 17, 2026), the Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-003 for food supply and distribution across 32 schools with approximately $9 million annual spending (proposals due February 18, 2026), and the State of Georgia IFB Food IFB #1 2027-2026 for comprehensive food products across state agencies (bids due June 1, 2026). When seafood appears in these solicitations at all, it is specified generically as "fish" or "seafood" without product-level granularity, making this a poor targeting code for business development pursuing state and local school nutrition and institutional dining contracts.