UNSPSC 50171831: Cooking sauce

UNSPSC 50171831 Cooking sauce, a Commodity code, encompasses prepared condiments and food-service sauces that state and local governments procure for institutional food service, school nutrition programs, and correctional facilities. Recent solicitations show governments buying cheese sauce, ketchup, mayonnaise products, salad oil, and branded or equivalent condiment items in bulk case quantities—typically hundreds to thousands of cases per order—for delivery to centralized distribution centers or multiple facility locations. Issuing bodies include state corrections departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Georgia Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), state health and human services agencies (Texas HHSC), county governments (Gwinnett County, Georgia), school districts (Northside ISD in Texas, Burke County Public Schools in Georgia, Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia, Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut), and state-operated facilities (Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy). Corrections agencies dominate the recent activity, with multiple procurements for institutional food service across prison systems. School districts and state-supported living centers represent the second-largest segment, purchasing food items to meet Child Nutrition Program compliance and meal-pattern standards.

Geographic activity concentrates in the South and West: Texas HHSC has posted multiple IFBs for state hospital and supported living center groceries; Georgia corrections, administrative services, and school districts show sustained procurement activity; Oregon Department of Corrections has issued repeated ITBs for cooking oils and condiments with Oregon-preference scoring; and Illinois Department of Corrections has issued numerous emergency procurements for statewide commissary items. Connecticut and other states show episodic activity. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S2910000017905 for 2,856 cases of tomato ketchup due September 16, 2026, with a 5% Oregon goods preference and 5% resident-bidder preference (combined 10% preference), previous award to Highland Wholesale at $22.75 per case in July 2026; the Texas HHSC IFB HHS0017660V2 for approximately 100 line items of food and supplies to Big Spring State Hospital, bids due August 28, 2026, covering proteins, prepared foods, dairy, pantry staples, and food service packaging with a prior-year spend baseline of $32,226.36; and the Georgia Department of Corrections eRFQ 92100ERFQ0019002027 for cheese sauce to Georgia Correctional Industries, bids due August 13, 2026, requiring electronic PDF submissions. Pricing is typically all-inclusive, FOB Destination, with firm fixed rates for initial periods and CPI-indexed or market-basket adjustments permitted thereafter only at the buyer's discretion.