UNSPSC 50151515: Soy milk

A type of beverage that is the extract of soybean or soybean processed food or is the sterilized or sanitized liquid by adding different food or food additives thereto.

UNSPSC 50151515 Soy milk is a Commodity code that, based on recent state and local solicitations, captures a narrow slice of broader grocery and food-service procurement rather than standalone soy milk purchasing. State and local governments buying under this code are primarily acquiring soy milk as one line item within large multi-category food contracts — notably school nutrition programs, institutional food service for state hospitals, and cafeteria operations for municipal school districts. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and state health agencies, with school nutrition departments as the dominant end-users. Solicitations frame soy milk within compliance requirements such as the National School Lunch Program standards, Buy American provisions for domestic agricultural ingredients, Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act nutrition mandates, and allergen restrictions (no nuts or nut oils). Vendors typically bid soy milk as one commodity among 70 to over 1,100 line items on consolidated pricing sheets, with deliveries managed through ordering systems such as LINQ School Solutions and subject to nutritional labeling, blind taste testing, and product specification acceptance criteria.

Recent activity spans Texas, Georgia, and Connecticut. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted IFB HHS0017660 on July 13, 2026, seeking groceries for Big Spring State Hospital with bids due July 27, 2026, covering approximately 110 line items on a blanket contract from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2027, with prior-year baseline spend of $32,226.36. The City of Bridgeport Board of Education issued IFB BNB052266 (due June 30, 2026) for over 1,100 grocery line items supporting the National School Lunch Program, with July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027 contract term and delivery to a central warehouse and school sites. Douglas County School System in Georgia released RFP SN26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative (due March 4, 2026) for fresh produce and eggs across 30 school districts with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million (Area One) and $1.1 million (Area Two). A separate Georgia state RFP (PE55645NONST2026000000009) covering food, supplies, and kitchen products was posted May 15, 2026, with bids due June 22, 2026. School districts dominate the recent activity, with cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC) expanding geographic reach across multiple districts.