UNSPSC 50200000: Beverages

UNSPSC 50200000 Beverages is a Family code that captures state and local procurement of ready-to-drink beverage products for institutional consumption—primarily milk, dairy drinks, juices, soft drinks, sports drinks, and bottled water supplied to schools, state agencies, correctional facilities, recreation departments, and university campuses. Recent solicitations show school districts and state agencies buying beverages both as standalone line items and as part of broader food service contracts, often with strict compliance to USDA Smart Snacks nutrition standards, federal Buy American requirements for dairy content, and state-level health code compliance. The mix of issuing bodies is dominated by school districts (elementary through university level), state procurement offices, county correctional facilities, and municipal recreation departments. School nutrition programs and state purchasing divisions appear as repeat issuers, reflecting the scale of institutional beverage consumption across education and public health sectors.

Recent activity spans multiple states with particular concentration in the Southeast and Texas. Representative solicitations include the Fayette County School Food Authority (Georgia) seeking a la carte beverage supply across 28 school locations under IFB due August 5, 2026, requiring compliance with USDA Smart Snacks standards and specifying brands such as Minute Maid, Powerade, and Coca-Cola; the San Antonio Independent School District (Texas) RFP for milk, dairy, and juice products with pricing tied to Texas Milk Marketing Area Federal Milk Order Class I prices, due March 19, 2026; the State of Rhode Island Division of Purchases soliciting a Master Price Agreement for milk, dairy products, and ice cream across three product groups with estimated annual quantities exceeding 200,000 units, due July 2, 2026; and the City of Peoria, Arizona seeking exclusive pouring rights for beverages at Peoria Sports Complex with a minimum annual financial commitment of $50,000 and equipment provision by the vendor, due March 25, 2026. Broadline school food suppliers (such as Conejo Valley Unified School District in California seeking beverage and food distribution across 29 schools) and university-level pouring rights contracts (Delaware State University RFP for beverage sponsorship with vending and fountain services, due July 15, 2026) represent ancillary supply models. The code shows sustained activity across school nutrition, state agency supply chains, correctional food service, and venue concession operations, with pricing typically firm for contract term or indexed to commodity market baselines (milk, juice concentrate) or consumer price indices.