UNSPSC 50192703: Shelf stable combination meals

UNSPSC 50192703 Shelf stable combination meals is a Commodity code that state and local governments procure as unitized, packaged meal kits for school nutrition programs, senior meal services, disaster response operations, and institutional feeding. Recent solicitations show active procurement of pre-assembled breakfast kits for K–12 students, USDA-compliant shelf-stable meal boxes for summer meal programs, certified halal meals for correctional facilities, and emergency sack lunches for wildfire response. The scope spans branded cereal and grain kits with milk and fruit, multi-day meal boxes (3-, 5-, and 7-day configurations) for home delivery or summer distribution, thermally processed ready-to-eat entrees meeting religious and dietary specifications, and calorie-dense field rations with precise macronutrient profiles. School districts, county boards of education, state correctional agencies, and local area agencies on aging represent the primary issuing bodies; cooperative purchasing vehicles such as the GEC Buying Cooperative and buying groups appear frequently in evaluation criteria. Compliance obligations center on USDA Buy American requirements, USDA meal pattern standards (7 CFR Parts 210 and 225), nutritional analysis and documentation, HACCP or equivalent food safety certification, shelf-life validation, and delivery logistics to distributed school or facility sites.

Recent opportunities span multiple states with heaviest recent activity in Connecticut, Georgia, Florida, Texas, and California. The City of New Haven and Board of Education Food Service issued RFP 2026HYRFPCNH349 in July 2026 for unitized breakfast kits across 182–190 instructional days with a 25% MWBE participation goal, mandatory MBE Utilization Form submission, and firm fixed pricing through June 2027. Wicomico County Public Schools and Worcester County Public Schools jointly awarded shelf-stable meal kits to Optimum Foods in April 2026 under RFP 39300-261, with initial term through December 2027 and three optional one-year renewals. Illinois Department of Corrections awarded an emergency purchase to Performance Food Group (Vistar) in June 2026 for $1,856,493.90 in certified prepackaged halal meals. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners issued ITB 26-00289 in June 2026 for senior meal preparation and delivery across congregate and home-delivery settings, with an estimated contract value of $17,832,659.90 over three years. Douglas County School System procured fresh produce and eggs through GEC Buying Cooperative (RFP SN 26-004) for 30 Georgia school districts with estimated annual spending of approximately $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two, awarded on line-item basis. CAL FIRE issued two 2026 sack lunch RFOs (9RF5Z00001 and 9RF5Z00002) seeking vendors for field-rated meal kits with specific calorie and macronutrient targets for firefighter deployment.