UNSPSC 50122432: Wild caught squid

In this classification, this entry represents the species of shellfish known as Squid, 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 50122432 Wild caught squid is a Commodity code that names a specific seafood product line, but the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under this code does not reflect purchases of wild caught squid. Instead, the solicitations reveal that state and local buyers are using this code label for broad food procurement across school nutrition programs, municipal markets, and state agencies—including fresh produce, dairy, proteins, grains, beverages, frozen and canned goods, and non-food supplies such as paper products and cleaning chemicals. The actual buying under this code spans school districts (Hancock County, Early County, Richmond County, Lamar County, Dougherty County, Treutlen County, Houston County, Douglas County, and Decatur City Schools), a regional cooperative purchasing vehicle (GEC Buying Cooperative), county governments (Gwinnett County), and state agencies (Georgia Department of Education and state purchasing), with most activity concentrated in Georgia. The work being solicited includes food distribution contracts, school nutrition supplier agreements, and municipal market operations—activities that sit well outside the seafood commodity category the code nominally describes.

The geographic footprint is almost entirely Georgia, with concentrated activity among school districts and boards of education across the state issuing IFBs and RFPs for multi-year food supply agreements. Representative recent opportunities include Houston County School District's ITB 27-001 for direct delivery of food, paper, and chemicals to approximately 39 schools (IFB posted March 13, 2026, due April 17, 2026, valued at approximately $14 million annually); Douglas County School System's RFP 26-003 for food supply and distribution services across 32 schools with estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9 million (RFP posted January 21, 2026, due February 18, 2026); Dougherty County Board of Education's IFB for groceries supporting the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program across 22 schools (IFB posted April 13, 2026, due May 19, 2026); and Invest Atlanta's dual-track RFP for food distribution services and municipal market retail operations in Atlanta's Priority Communities (RFP posted July 6, 2026, due August 6, 2026). The code shows a significant mismatch between its stated commodity (wild caught squid) and the actual procurement activity it indexes in state and local systems.