UNSPSC 50192301: Prepared desserts

UNSPSC 50192301 Prepared desserts, a Commodity code, encompasses ice cream products, frozen novelties, bakery mixes, pudding, and gelatin supplied to state agencies, school districts, and county facilities across the United States. State and local governments soliciting under this code buy individually wrapped ice cream cups, cones, sandwiches, and bars; frozen treats for school lunch programs; bakery products for state institutions; and prepared dessert components like pudding mix and gelatin powder for institutional food service. Issuing bodies include school districts (elementary through high school), state health and human services commissions operating state hospitals and supported living centers, county parks departments, county jails commissary operations, Head Start agencies, and cooperative purchasing vehicles serving multiple member districts. Texas leads recent solicitation activity, with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission posting multiple IFBs for candy and beverages, bread and bakery products, and supplemental food and consumables for institutional facilities statewide; Georgia school districts—including Walker County Board of Education, Cobb County, Columbia County, Jones County, and others participating in regional education cooperatives—have posted RFPs for ice cream and frozen desserts. Activity also appears in Florida (Pinellas County, Seminole County school districts), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI, Jackson County Parks), Illinois (state procurement through ComWell cooperative), Colorado, and California.

Recent representative solicitations span institution-specific to multi-district cooperative formats. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) issued IFB HHS0017656 (responses due July 28, 2026) for candy and beverages to Big Spring State Hospital under a blanket purchase order with a fiscal 2025 historical spend of $55,018.47. Walker County Board of Education, on behalf of the Georgia Educational Cooperative, posted RFP #27-11 (responses due July 17, 2026) for ice cream and frozen desserts to serve 26 participating school districts across approximately 338 schools, requiring mandatory taste-testing, Smart Snack approval, and firm pricing for six months post-award. Pinellas County School District (IFB 26-JG-019, bids due May 27, 2026, approximately 711,000 units annually delivered to 117 facilities) sought ice cream products meeting USDA Smart Snacks nutrition guidelines with an estimated two-year contract value of $500,000. The State of California Department of General Services (IFB 0000038924, bids due May 14, 2026) solicited pudding mix, gelatin, and ready-to-serve pudding across three separate groups with estimated annual spending of $300,562 to $478,122 per group. School district solicitations typically require compliance with Buy American provisions, HACCP food safety protocols, USDA Smart Snacks standards, and vendor-supplied or maintained freezer equipment at no cost to the district, with contract terms commonly spanning one to three years with renewal options.