UNSPSC 50171557: Vanilla, raw

A spice and aromatic product

UNSPSC 50171557 Vanilla, raw is a Commodity code. State and local procurement activity under this code centers narrowly on bulk food ingredient supply for institutional kitchens—specifically vanilla extract, vanilla beans, or processed vanilla product incorporated into menu items for schools, correctional facilities, and state-operated care homes. While the code's abstract title denotes raw vanilla, the recent solicitations tagged to it actually name vanilla only incidentally within broader food-supply categories; the material activity consists of school nutrition programs and state institutions procuring complete grocery assortments that may include vanilla-containing products or prepared items using vanilla as an ingredient, rather than vanilla procurement as a discrete line item. Issuing bodies soliciting under or near this code include state departments (the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; the State of Georgia; the State of Illinois), county school boards (Tattnall County, Hancock County, Candler County, Effingham County, and Richmond County in Georgia), and special-purpose authorities (Invest Atlanta). School nutrition programs appear as the dominant repeat buyer, with five of nine recent opportunities issued by school boards for annual or multi-year food supply contracts.

Recent activity clusters in Georgia and spans Illinois, Texas, and broader Southeast. The Tattnall County Board of Education (IFB, due July 22, 2026), Hancock County Board of Education (IFB #SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026 with bid opening June 29, 2026), and Candler County Board of Education (IFB, due June 12, 2026) solicited school nutrition groceries under Georgia public procurement procedures requiring USDA Buy American compliance (over 51 percent domestic agricultural content), HACCP food safety certification, and USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program nutritional standards. The State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office issued a weekly food-order contract for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy (brand-or-equal RFP, due August 24, 2026), and the Texas Comptroller's office on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued a multi-category cafeteria food-products IFB (IFB No. 304T-26-300CF, extended to May 4, 2026) covering approximately 382 line items for five geographic TDCJ warehouse areas. Vanilla as a recorded sole-source commodity does not appear as a standalone line in these school or institutional food solicitations; activity under the code itself is minimal or substantially misclassified within broader grocery aggregations.