UNSPSC 50190000: Prepared and preserved foods

UNSPSC 50190000 Prepared and preserved foods is a Family code encompassing products state and local governments procure for institutional meal service, including pre-packaged meats, bread and bakery items, dairy products, snacks for canteen resale, fresh and frozen foods for school nutrition programs, and specialized meal delivery for emergency responders and custodial settings. Recent state and local solicitations show purchasing focused on child nutrition programs (school districts and education service cooperatives), correctional and detention facilities (state departments of corrections, county jails), senior nutrition programs, and institutional food service operations. The issuing-body mix spans school districts (Stockton Unified, Fontana Unified, Meriden Public Schools, Northside ISD), state corrections departments (Missouri, Massachusetts, Texas HHS), county detention centers (Orange County Sheriff-Coroner, Beaufort County), state agencies (California Highway Patrol, CAL FIRE), and municipal food service programs (New Haven, Boston, San Angelo). Food service paper goods and disposable supplies rank among the most frequently solicited categories, followed by fresh and frozen proteins, breads and bakery products, and ready-to-eat items for canteen and emergency meal programs.

Recent activity concentrates in California (Stockton Unified, Fontana Unified, Granite School District), Connecticut (Meriden, New Haven, West Hartford), Texas (Edinburg, Northside ISD, HHSC), and Missouri (Department of Corrections), with secondary activity across Florida, Massachusetts, Utah, and other states. Representative opportunities include Stockton Unified School District's IFB 26-27-04 for food service paper supplies and disposable items supporting approximately 20,000 daily meals (bid opening August 26, 2026), Beaufort County South Carolina's RFP 062226 for comprehensive detention center food services covering 200–255 inmates daily with three meals per day (proposals due June 22, 2026—note: this date appears to have passed relative to today's date of October 20, 2026), New Haven Board of Education's RFP for direct commodity purchases and grocery items serving 17,500–19,000 meals daily across 224 service days (proposals due June 16, 2026), and the Multi-Region Purchasing Cooperative's RFP for full-line grocery distribution across Texas member districts with estimated contract value of approximately $296.2 million over five years (bid closing April 23, 2026). Institutional meal-service procurement under this code typically involves IFBs and RFPs with firm fixed pricing, detailed USDA nutrition compliance requirements, delivery schedules measured in days or hours, and contract terms of one to five years with renewal options.