UNSPSC 50171900: Pickles and relish and olives

UNSPSC 50171900 Pickles and relish and olives, a Class code, encompasses preserved vegetable condiments and specialty food items that state and local governments purchase primarily for institutional food service—school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, state hospitals, and municipal food distribution operations. The code shows active procurement across multiple sectors with a clear concentration in K-12 school nutrition and corrections, where pickles, relish, and related preserved vegetables appear as line items within larger food-service solicitations rather than as standalone categories.

Issuing bodies span state departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections), school districts and boards of education (Tattnall County Georgia, Candler County Georgia, Colquitt County Georgia, Effingham County Georgia, Richmond County Georgia, Douglas County Georgia, Houston County Georgia, Dougherty County Georgia, Lamar County Georgia), municipal food systems (Invest Atlanta for municipal market operations), and child nutrition agencies (City of Edinburg Texas for CACFP). School districts dominate recent activity, issuing sealed bids and RFPs for comprehensive food, paper, and chemical packages where pickles and relish appear as specified line items bundled with proteins, dairy, produce, and condiments. The Oregon Department of Corrections appears twice in the recent record with standalone pickle and relish solicitations (March 2026), signaling dedicated procurement of these items for institutional meal service. Geographic concentration is heavy in Georgia, with eight separate school district solicitations posted between January and July 2026, and secondary activity in Texas (HHSC, TDCJ, CACFP, and school nutrition programs) and Oregon corrections. A representative recent opportunity: the Oregon Department of Corrections Purchasing Division issued ITB S2910000016381 on March 19, 2026, seeking approximately 864 pails (40,000 pounds) of pickle relish in styles F (relish) meeting US Standards Grade A or B, with a March 24, 2026 response deadline and delivery required within 30 days to the Central Distribution Center in Salem; the previous award holder (Robbins Sales, February 2025) had bid $36.97 per 5-gallon case. Another: the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases issued IFB BNB052266 on June 30, 2026, for over 1,100 grocery line items including condiments and seasonings (within which pickles and relish would fall) to support the Bridgeport Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services, with proposals due the same day by 2:00 p.m. through OpenGov e-Procurement and subject to Buy American Provision requirements (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural ingredients).