UNSPSC 50161900: Sugar products

Products derived from sugar cane, sugar beets and other sugar-containing crops

UNSPSC 50161900 Sugar products is a Class code that state and local governments procure primarily as sweetening agents and sugar substitutes for food service operations in correctional facilities, state health and human services agencies, and school districts. The work being solicited encompasses liquid and granulated sugar products, saccharin-based sweetener concentrates, brown sugar, and white granulated sugar, typically for bulk supply to centralized distribution centers or direct delivery to institutional food service operations. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), which posts the highest concentration of recent activity; the Oregon Department of Corrections; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission; and school districts including Fairfax County Public Schools and Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri. These jurisdictions use sweetener and sugar products as staple food service inputs to support meals served in correctional settings, state hospitals and supported living centers, and child nutrition programs.

Geographic activity is concentrated in Texas, which accounts for the majority of recent solicitations through TDCJ's multiple distribution centers in Rosharon, Beeville, Snyder, and Huntsville, with secondary activity in Oregon and Virginia. Representative recent opportunities include TDCJ solicitation IW258295 for sweetener and sugar substitutes at the Southern Region Distribution Center, Rosharon, Texas (due July 27, 2026, IFB), TDCJ blanket agreements IW258299, IW258302, and IW258303 for sweetener and sugar substitute products at Beeville, Snyder, and Wynne distribution centers (all due July 27, 2026), and Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S2910000017455 for 42,500 pounds of brown sugar and 170,000 pounds of white granulated sugar to Salem's Central Distribution Center (due July 24, 2026, with a 5 percent Oregon-resident preference), with historical pricing at $0.6348 per pound for brown sugar and $0.5348 per pound for white granulated sugar. All submissions require electronic portal submission, firm fixed pricing, FOB destination delivery with freight prepaid, and compliance with USDA standards and food-grade certification requirements.