UNSPSC 50151604: Edible animal oils

UNSPSC 50151604 Edible animal oils (Commodity) covers cooking oils, margarines, and animal-fat products that state and local governments procure for institutional food service, including school cafeterias, correctional facilities, and health and human services residential centers. The solicitations under this code reflect a broader grocery and food-supply category—school districts, state health agencies, and corrections departments are buying complete meal components (proteins, produce, dairy, grains, oils, and condiments together) rather than oils in isolation. The actual purchasing pattern under the code spans food service distributors supplying cafeteria operations, institutional kitchens, and centralized warehouse operations that distribute across multiple facilities. Issuing bodies include large school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Douglas County School System and Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri and Georgia respectively), state health and human services departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), state corrections systems (Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative in Georgia). State departments and school districts dominate the recent activity; no county or municipal governments appear in the recent record.

Recent activity is concentrated in Texas, Georgia, Missouri, and Virginia. Representative solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center (response due July 13, 2026, with prior-period spending of $1.5 million); the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products spanning approximately 382 line items across multiple facility locations (response extended via addendum to May 4, 2026); Fairfax County Public Schools' IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 covering weekly deliveries to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens (response due April 27, 2026); Rockwood R-VI School District's bid for child nutrition services grocery items over 900 line items serving approximately 6,900 lunch and 900 breakfast participants daily (response due April 29, 2026); and Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs through the GEC Buying Cooperative, with estimated annual spending of approximately $4.4 million for one geographic area (response due March 4, 2026). Procurement timelines typically run annual contract periods beginning July 1 with one or more renewal options; pricing is firm fixed with detailed specification sheets and often line-item-basis awards allowing multiple vendors per solicitation.