UNSPSC 50181708: Baking mixes

UNSPSC 50181708 Baking mixes is a Commodity code that covers packaged baking mixes and related prepared baking products supplied to state and local food service operations, institutional cafeterias, and canteen facilities. Recent solicitations show state and local governments purchasing baking mixes as part of broader food and consumable procurement for state hospitals, supported living centers, correctional facilities, veterans homes, and university operations. The code appears in mixed procurement environments—sometimes as a standalone line item within larger food service RFQs and IFBs, and sometimes as part of cooperative purchasing agreements that pre-negotiate pricing across multiple state agencies. Issuing bodies include state health and human services commissions, corrections departments, veterans affairs divisions, state university systems, and county government operations.

Activity concentrates in Texas and Illinois, with recent solicitations from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission for state supported living centers and state hospitals (Lufkin and El Paso facilities), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for cafeteria products across five geographic warehouse regions, the State of Illinois for veterans homes (Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy), and the University of Wisconsin-Madison for catering specialty foods. A July 2026 Illinois cooperative purchasing vehicle (ComWell) awarded bakery mixes to JPMC under a State Use Vendor contract, enabling pre-negotiated pricing across authorized Illinois state users. Representative open solicitations include the Texas HHS IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumables serving El Paso State Supported Living Center (bids due July 13, 2026), which encompassed baking and bakery items alongside proteins, dairy, and condiments with a prior-year spend of $1.5 million; and the Texas Comptroller's IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across TDCJ warehouse regions (responses due May 4, 2026, extended via addendum), which detailed approximately 382 line items including baking supplies and specialty products with FOB Destination pricing and single-vendor per-line-item awards based on best value.