UNSPSC 50181900: Bread and biscuits and cookies

UNSPSC 50181900 Bread and biscuits and cookies is a Class code that covers fresh sliced bread, rolls, buns, bagels, and related bakery products delivered to institutional food service operations including state hospitals, correctional facilities, developmental centers, school districts, and anti-poverty organizations. State and local governments procure these items through a mix of issuing bodies: state health and human services agencies (Texas HHSC, Illinois DHS, California Department of State Hospitals), state correctional systems, county boards of education and school nutrition departments, city school districts, county correctional facilities, and specialized nonprofit food service organizations. Recent solicitations show Texas HHSC dominating activity with at least six active IFBs posted between June and August 2026 for bread and bakery products across state hospitals and supported living centers; Illinois DHS has posted multiple small purchase contracts for individual developmental centers; and school districts across Connecticut, Georgia, Texas, and California are actively procuring bread for National School Lunch Program compliance. The Texas Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division also manages bread delivery contracts for the Department of Criminal Justice at multiple units.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Connecticut, Illinois, California, and Georgia, with additional activity in Rhode Island, Minnesota, and other states. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas HHSC IFB HHS0017445 (Bread and Bakery Products) with responses due August 19, 2026, covering over 50 line items for state hospitals and supported living centers statewide with an anticipated annual value of $1 million; the Illinois Department of Corrections emergency contract (Solicitation 27426DOCCENTOB54295) awarded September 25, 2026 to M.J. Kellner Co., Inc. for $854,896.80 in weekly sliced white bread shipments; the Rhode Island Division of Purchases QLVM27006875 (Fresh Bread, Rolls, Bagels and Related Bakery Products) with proposals due August 27, 2026 for a Qualified Vendor List Master Price Agreement spanning 20 line-item categories; Community Renewal Team, Inc. (Hartford, Connecticut) RFP Solicitation 1531 seeking daily whole wheat bread product delivery with proposals due September 23, 2026; Conejo Valley Unified School District (California) RFP #2026-05 for bread products distribution across 29 schools with proposals due May 13, 2026; and Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut) IFB BNB058266 for bread and bakery items with bids due June 26, 2026. Solicitations consistently require Buy American compliance in school contexts, firm fixed pricing with no fuel surcharges, delivery windows between 6:00–7:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., and minimum insurance coverage of $1 million per occurrence; many include 90-day price hold periods and specify performance guarantees tied to freshness dating and product specifications.