UNSPSC 50202307: Chocolate or malt or other hot beverages

UNSPSC 50202307 Chocolate or malt or other hot beverages is a Commodity code that captures ready-to-drink and dry-mix hot beverage products supplied to institutional food service operations — school districts, state health and human services facilities, and municipal agencies that operate centralized kitchens or cafeterias. State and local procurement under this code reflects broader institutional food-service contracting that bundles beverages alongside groceries, kitchen supplies, and consumables. Issuing bodies include city school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education), state health agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), and state procurement offices handling facility operations (Georgia). These jurisdictions source beverages as line items within larger grocery or food-service RFQs and IFBs rather than as standalone beverage contracts, typically enforcing nutrition standards such as the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, Buy American agricultural sourcing requirements, and delivery to central warehouses with on-demand school or facility site fulfillment.

Recent activity centers in Connecticut, Texas, and Georgia. The Bridgeport Board of Education issued IFB BNB052266 on June 30, 2026, for over 1,100 grocery line items including beverages for the National School Lunch Program, requiring 51% domestic agricultural content, firm fixed pricing with Net 45 payment terms, and blind taste testing by school and laboratory personnel at vendor expense. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission Procurement and Contracting Services division posted IFB HHS0017449 on June 11, 2026, with a due date of July 13, 2026, to supply the HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center and Department of State Health Services with food and consumable products including beverages, with a prior-period value of $1.5 million and award to the vendor offering best value rather than lowest price. The State of Georgia posted solicitation PE55645NONST2026000000009 on May 15, 2026, with responses due June 22, 2026, for food, supplies, and other kitchen products including beverages, though full scope details were contained in an attached document not available in this summary.