UNSPSC 50192300: Desserts and dessert toppings

UNSPSC 50192300 Desserts and dessert toppings is a Class code encompassing frozen dessert products—ice cream cups, sandwiches, fruit juice bars, sherbet, and novelty items—that school districts and nutrition programs procure for student meal services. State and local buyers source these products through ITBs and RFPs requiring compliance with USDA Smart Snacks in School nutrition standards, state frozen dessert regulations, and FDA rules; all items must meet strict caloric (typically 200 calories or less), sodium, fat, and sugar thresholds, be individually wrapped or portioned, and often be domestically sourced with Buy American provisions. Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and charter schools, with procurement volumes ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands of dozen units annually across single or multiple facility networks, and contracts typically run one to two years with optional renewal periods. Vendors must maintain adequate frozen inventory, supply or place freezers at school locations at no cost, arrange weekly delivery schedules during school hours, and provide product samples for taste and quality evaluation before contract award.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida and Georgia, with secondary solicitations in Connecticut and California. Pinellas County School District (Florida) issued ITB 26-JG-019 on September 28, 2026, requesting sealed electronic bids for 12 ice cream product lines with delivery to 117 district facilities across multiple municipalities, bids due May 27, 2026, under a two-year contract estimated at approximately $500,000 including renewal options. Cirrus Academy Charter School (Georgia) posted IFB PE55995NONST2027000000007 on August 5, 2026, soliciting 19 ice cream product line items with bids due August 24, 2026, for School Year 2026–2027 with domestic content and HACCP compliance requirements. West Hartford Nutrition Services (Connecticut) issued RFP WHICECREAM2627 on April 24, 2026, for ice cream products and weekly delivery to 16 school locations, with proposals due June 5, 2026, for the 2026–2027 school year. School district food service operations are the primary market; no state-level or county-level procurement of dessert products independent of school nutrition programs appears in recent notices.