UNSPSC 50181906: Shelf stable bread

UNSPSC 50181906 Shelf stable bread, a Commodity code, represents bread products supplied to state and local school nutrition programs, institutional food services, and detention facilities. State and local governments procure this commodity primarily through school districts and correctional facilities that operate meal programs subject to USDA Child Nutrition Program compliance requirements. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code include large unified school districts (Stockton Unified School District in California, Garland Independent School District in Texas, Fontana Unified School District in California), city boards of education (New Haven Board of Education in Connecticut, Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut), and county detention centers. The work typically involves supplying fresh or shelf-stable bread products—sandwich loaves, hot dog buns, English muffins, hamburger buns, hoagie rolls, bagels, and breadsticks—on weekly or twice-weekly delivery schedules to multiple school sites or institutional dining facilities, with pricing quoted firm fixed or subject to Consumer Price Index adjustment.

Recent activity concentrates in California, Connecticut, and Texas school districts and spans the second and third quarters of 2026. Representative opportunities include Stockton Unified School District's ITB 26-16 for bread and bakery products with a June 26, 2026 deadline, requiring 80 percent whole grain-rich compliance and weekly delivery to 44 school sites; Fontana Unified School District's RFP 26/27-0002 for dry, frozen, and refrigerated food (including bread products) with a June 24, 2026 deadline and Product Formulation Statement documentation; Bridgeport Board of Education's IFB BNB052266 for over 1,100 grocery line items including bread and baked goods with a June 30, 2026 deadline and Buy American compliance (51 percent domestic agricultural content); and New Haven Board of Education's RFP for grocery and food items with a June 16, 2026 deadline carrying a mandatory 25 percent minority and women-owned business enterprise participation requirement. Most school nutrition procurements impose stringent qualification thresholds—five years of comparable experience, USDA compliance certification, commercial general liability insurance of $1 million or higher, and on-site fingerprinting clearance for employee contact with minors—and require acknowledgment of amendments posted during the Q&A phase.