UNSPSC 50201718: Iced tea

Contains a non alcoholic beverage and has a flavour of tea and is sweet.

UNSPSC 50201718 Iced tea (Commodity) represents a narrow product category that state and local governments acquire as part of broader food and beverage procurement, typically bundled into larger cafeteria or institutional food supply contracts rather than solicited as a standalone line item. The code captures ready-to-drink or powdered iced tea products supplied to correctional facilities, school districts, state agencies, and other institutional kitchens. Recent opportunities show that iced tea appears within mixed-commodity food solicitations rather than as a dedicated procurement vehicle, meaning purchasing activity under this code depends entirely on whether individual beverage items are explicitly listed in broader food-supply RFQs, RFPs, or IFBs. State and local issuing bodies treat beverages as subordinate line items within institutional food contracts, with specifications typically addressing packaging, portion size, USDA or nutritional compliance, and delivery terms alongside proteins, dairy, grains, and fresh produce.

The Georgia Department of Administrative Services and the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice) have posted recent food and beverage solicitations that may include iced tea as one of multiple line items. The Georgia opportunity (Solicitation PE55645NONST2026000000009, posted May 15, 2026, due June 22, 2026) is a general food, supplies, and kitchen products bid with detailed specifications in an attached document. The Texas TDCJ solicitation (IFB 304T-26-300CF, posted May 4, 2026, due May 4, 2026, extended via addendum to May 4, 2026) covers approximately 382 cafeteria food line items spanning proteins, frozen entrees, dairy, grains, condiments, vegetables, fruits, and beverages across five geographic distribution areas with FOB Destination delivery to six TDCJ warehouses in Texas. Neither solicitation explicitly lists iced tea by name in the publicly available summary, leaving the actual beverage specifications to be determined from the full bid documents. The code sees activity primarily in Texas and Georgia; the narrow commodity scope and bundled-procurement model suggest that iced tea opportunities are episodic and depend on institutional buyer inclusion in periodic food supply contracts rather than representing a continuous procurement stream.