UNSPSC 50193103: Gravy mix

UNSPSC 50193103 Gravy mix, a Commodity code, captures state and local procurement of condiment and seasoning products for institutional food service operations — specifically the prepared sauces, gravies, and flavor components that state and local buyers source for hospitals, correctional facilities, school districts, and other group feeding environments. Recent solicitations show state and local governments purchasing gravy mix as part of broader food service supply contracts rather than as standalone line items; the code sees activity primarily through health and human services agencies, departments of corrections, and school nutrition programs that bundle condiments with larger grocery or food-service procurements.

The issuing bodies include state health and human services commissions, state departments of corrections, school districts, and county school systems across multiple states. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission, the Illinois Department of Corrections, and school nutrition programs in Georgia, Missouri, Connecticut, and other states represent the most active recent buyers. Geographic spread centers on Texas, Illinois, Georgia, and the Southeast, with secondary activity in Oregon and the Midwest. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for groceries and food service supplies to Big Spring State Hospital (bids due July 27, 2026), which encompasses condiments and seasonings across 110+ line items under a blanket contract; the Bridgeport Board of Education's IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items including condiments and seasonings (due June 30, 2026); and the Texas HHS IFB HHS0016792V2 for supplemental food and consumables statewide, spanning 210 line items with condiments among specified product categories (bid response deadline March 19, 2026). These procurements typically require firm, fixed unit pricing; compliance with nutrition and food safety standards; and delivery to multiple school or institutional sites on fixed schedules. Illinois Department of Corrections emergency commissary procurements—though primarily reporting final costs rather than open solicitations—represent the largest dollar volume activity under related food-service categories statewide, with multiple vendors (Vistar, Keefe, Union Supply, E-Ford, Walkenhorst) supplying approved commissary items including condiments and food seasonings to correctional facilities across the state.