UNSPSC 50181708: Baking mixes

UNSPSC 50181708 Baking mixes, a Commodity code, captures state and local procurement of dry bakery mixes, cake mixes, biscuit mixes, pancake mixes, cornbread mixes, and related dry baking products. State agencies, school districts, and institutional food service operations solicit these items as components of broader food service contracts, either as standalone baking supply procurements or embedded within larger grocery or food distribution awards. The recent solicitation record shows minimal standalone activity specifically targeting baking mixes; instead, agencies tag baking products within multi-category food and consumable solicitations serving correctional facilities, state supported living centers, child nutrition programs, and state hospitals. The California Department of General Services issued the most direct fit—a statewide IFB for Dry Mixes (Group 1 dry bakery mixes and Group 2 flour) with an estimated annual spend of $2.69 million for dry bakery mixes, mandatory for all state departments and delivering to 51 state institutions; the bid opening was February 25, 2026. Texas Health and Human Services Commission procurements for supplemental food and consumables serving state hospitals and supported living centers routinely include bread and bakery items as line items, with awards valued up to $4.5 million over three years. Illinois awarded a State Use Vendor contract through its ComWell cooperative purchasing program to JPMC for bakery mixes, establishing pre-negotiated pricing for state agencies, with the notice period closing August 10, 2026.

School districts and county food service operations across Georgia, Texas, and Missouri have posted broader RFPs for grocery items and food products covering the 2026–2027 school year where baking mixes appear as individual line items or embedded lots (Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Liberty County Board of Education in Georgia, Douglas County School System in Georgia, and Dallas Independent School District in Texas all issued procurements by late April 2026). Geographic activity centers on California, Texas, Georgia, and Missouri, with institutional and school-based demand driving the majority of volume. The code shows steady but fragmented activity across state administrative procurement, cooperative purchasing vehicles, and school district child nutrition programs, with no evidence of concentrated vendor concentration or significant set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises in the recent record.