UNSPSC 50171902: Relish

UNSPSC 50171902 Relish, a Commodity code, captures condiment and flavor-enhancement products that state and local governments procure for institutional food service—primarily school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and state health and human services operations. The code sees active demand from school districts across Georgia, Texas, and Oregon, along with state departments of corrections and health services. School nutrition programs dominate the buying pattern, soliciting relish as part of broader food supply contracts that bundle proteins, produce, dairy, and condiments under single RFP or IFB vehicles; relish appears alongside meal-service staples in multi-line-item procurements rather than as a standalone commodity. Correctional facilities in Oregon represent a secondary but consistent buyer, issuing dedicated ITBs for relish in large volumes—approximately 40,000 pounds per procurement—to support institutional meal service. State health and human services agencies in Texas also procure relish as part of supplemental food line-item catalogs serving state hospitals and supported living centers. The code sees no set-aside or preference designations specific to relish; Buy American requirements apply where food products are bundled under federal Child Nutrition Program rules (51 percent domestic agricultural content minimum), and Oregon applies its standard five percent preference for Oregon-fabricated or Oregon-processed goods and five percent preference for resident bidders.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, and Oregon. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued multiple ITBs in March 2026 for pickle relish at approximately 864 pails (40,000 pounds) per procurement, with response deadlines of March 18–24, 2026, and historical award pricing near $36.97 per 5-gallon pail to incumbent vendor Robbins Sales. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued IFB HHS0016792 in February 2026 for supplemental food and consumables statewide, encompassing relish as one of 210 line items across state hospitals and supported living centers, with a bid deadline of February 23, 2026, and maximum potential contract value of $4.5 million over three years. Georgia school districts—including Douglas County, Lamar County, Houston County, and Dougherty County—issued broader food and paper supply RFPs and ITBs from January through May 2026 in which relish appeared as a minor line item within comprehensive grocery bundles; those solicitations carried response deadlines between mid-February and late April 2026 and covered estimated annual spending ranging from $4.4 million to $14 million per district across dozens of schools. The City of Edinburg, Texas, issued RFP 2026017 on July 16, 2026, for a Child and Adult Care Food Program meal service (response due August 4, 2026) that includes condiments such as relish within its five-category supply scope. Relish does not appear as a standalone commodity driver in state and local procurement; instead, it surfaces as a secondary line item within institutional food service consolidations where volume and margin are anchored to larger meal-service contracts.