UNSPSC 50130000: Dairy products and eggs

UNSPSC 50130000 Dairy products and eggs is a Family code reflecting state and local purchases of fluid milk, cheese, yogurt, butter, eggs, and related dairy items for school meal programs, institutional food service, and retail canteen operations. Recent solicitations span school districts, state agencies, detention centers, and cooperative purchasing consortia across multiple states, with the work centering on branded and commodity dairy supply chains serving child nutrition, workforce development, and public facility meal programs. Issuing bodies include large unified school districts (Pinellas County Schools in Florida, Stockton Unified in California, Northside Independent in Texas, New Haven and Hartford Public Schools in Connecticut), state-level procuring offices (Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget; Texas Comptroller Statewide Procurement; Rhode Island Division of Purchases; State of Delaware Government Support Services), county governments (Beaufort County, South Carolina for detention food services), and multi-district purchasing consortia (Lighthouse Purchasing Co-op serving 42 Connecticut and Rhode Island school districts; Nutmeg Buying Group spanning six Connecticut districts; Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Texas). The code sees active competition from dairy distributors and broadline vendors competing on price, delivery frequency, product specification compliance (USDA standards, whole-grain and clean-label requirements), and logistics capability to serve 10 to 100+ locations on twice-weekly or daily schedules.

Geographic concentration is heaviest in Texas, Connecticut, California, Massachusetts, Florida, and Utah, with secondary activity across the upper Midwest and mid-Atlantic. Representative current opportunities include the Texas Comptroller's IFB 304T-26-380M1.1 for dairy and juice delivery to Texas Juvenile Justice Department and School for the Deaf facilities (bids due July 20, 2026), Pinellas County Schools' sealed bid for milk, dairy, and juice products to 117 district facilities under a two-year contract valued at approximately $22.5 million (due June 11, 2026), New Haven Board of Education's RFP for dairy and juice delivery serving 17,500–19,000 meals daily with a mandatory 25% MBE/WBE participation requirement (due June 23, 2026), and Beaufort County's RFP for full food service at its detention center including dairy provisioning (proposals due June 22, 2026). Smaller opportunities include individual school district milk procurements in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Utah targeting single or multi-district supply. Most school district contracts run one year with options for renewal, impose Buy American compliance, require certificates of insurance ($1 million to $2 million general liability thresholds), and award based on price (30–80 points) and service capability. State-level and cooperative procurements often establish Master Price Agreements with quarterly or monthly price adjustments tied to USDA Class I milk pricing or Producer Price Index formulas, yielding multi-vendor awards and longer terms (three to five years). No incumbent vendor concentration is evident; competition remains open and fragmented across regional and national distributors.