UNSPSC 50172000: Fermented soybean products

A traditional condiment of Korea that is in liquid for or semi-state of fluid that is added on food to make the taste or color in cooking.

UNSPSC 50172000 Fermented soybean products is a Class code whose recent state and local activity bears little relationship to its nominal scope. The posted opportunities tagged to this code cover broad grocery procurement for institutional food service — including proteins, prepared foods, dairy, pantry staples, beverages, and kitchen supplies — rather than fermented soybean products specifically. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code include state health and human services agencies, county school districts, municipal school boards, and cooperative purchasing consortiums. The work being bought spans food service supply contracts for hospitals, school nutrition programs, and centralized warehouse operations, with contracts typically requiring firm fixed pricing, compliance with federal nutrition standards (USDA, Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act), delivery on standard pallets with freeze-thaw protocols, and maintenance of backup stock for emergency fulfillment within 24 hours.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued IFB HHS0017660 on July 13, 2026, for groceries at Big Spring State Hospital with bids due July 27, 2026, covering approximately 110 line items across a 12-month contract term running September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027, with prior-year spend of $32,226.36. The City of Bridgeport (Connecticut) Board of Education issued a grocery IFB on June 30, 2026, for over 1,100 line items with Buy American requirements (51% domestic ingredients), nutritional compliance under Title VII CFR, and central-warehouse plus school-site delivery. The Douglas County School System in Georgia posted two food-service RFPs through the GEC Buying Cooperative: one in February 2026 for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 districts with estimated annual spend of $5.5 million combined ($4.4 million Area One, $1.1 million Area Two) and one in January 2026 for main-line food distribution across 32 schools with estimated annual spend of $9 million. The mismatch between the code's stated commodity (fermented soybean products) and the actual scope (institutional food service broadly) suggests the code does not accurately reflect current procurement activity.