UNSPSC 50191507: Shelf stable prepared soups or stews

UNSPSC 50191507 Shelf stable prepared soups or stews, a Commodity code, encompasses packaged soup and stew products that state and local government procurement offices acquire for institutional food service — primarily schools, state health and human services facilities, and county social services programs. Recent opportunities under this code reveal that shelf-stable soups and stews represent a portion of broader food-service line-item solicitations rather than standalone procurement categories. The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' October 2026 IWQ for approximately 1,062 cases of food items included soups among 35 line items of shelf-stable products destined for senior services; Ben Hill County Schools' comprehensive food bid for FY 26–27 and Burke County Public Schools' nutrition procurement both encompassed canned and prepared soups within hundreds of line items supporting K–12 meal programs. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission's statewide supplemental food procurement (IFB HHS0016792V2, with a three-year value ceiling of $4.5 million) included frozen specialty foods and prepared items for state hospitals and supported living centers; similarly, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's cafeteria food procurement (IFB 304T-26-300CF) for prison warehouse distribution specified prepared entrees and soups within approximately 382 line items. State of Illinois FY-27 quarterly food orders and the State of Georgia food, supplies, and kitchen products bid (posted May 2026) also encompassed shelf-stable prepared items within broader institutional food service.

Issuing bodies soliciting under this code are predominantly school districts (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools), state health and human services agencies (Texas HHSC, State of Illinois), county social services and senior programs (Gwinnett County), and state correctional systems (Texas Department of Criminal Justice). Georgia and Texas show the most recent activity, with multiple state-level and local school-district opportunities visible in the second and third quarters of 2026. Recent representative solicitations include Gwinnett County's IWQ 140229 (informal written quotes, due October 19, 2026) for senior services food supply; Ben Hill County Schools' IFB #26271 (sealed bids, due June 15, 2026) under the Buy American Act with deliveries to four schools; and Burke County Public Schools' sealed-bid process (bids due June 5, 2026, opening June 8, 2026) spanning five schools. The Texas HHSC supplemental-food IFB (responses due March 19, 2026, with anticipated start at award date) and the TDCJ cafeteria-food IFB (extended response deadline May 4, 2026) demonstrate state-level scale. Pricing across these opportunities is typically firm and fixed for an initial 30-day to one-year period, with subsequent adjustments permitted on a six-month or quarterly basis using third-party market indices such as USDA Agricultural Marketing Service data or Consumer Price Index. Brand-specific or approved-equivalent language appears throughout, and delivery typically occurs FOB Destination with inside delivery and compliance with HACCP, E-Verify, debarment certification, and minimum liability insurance requirements ($500,000 per occurrence).