UNSPSC 50221100: Cereals

UNSPSC 50221100 Cereals (Class) encompasses breakfast cereals—both cold varieties like frosted flakes, corn flakes, and rice crispies, and hot cereals like oats, farina, and grits—supplied in individual-serving or bulk packaging to correctional facilities, state hospitals, state-supported living centers, and school districts. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers purchasing cereals as part of broader food service contracts rather than as standalone line items; cereals appear alongside meats, produce, dairy, and consumables in institutional food supply bids. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections, state health and human services agencies, county governments operating correctional facilities, and school districts operating child nutrition programs. The code sees sustained activity across multiple issuing body types, with repeat buyers including Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (which has posted separate quarterly cereal bids for its correctional facility), the Oregon Department of Corrections, and various Texas state agencies and Georgia school districts.

Recent opportunities span the Pacific Northwest, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued an IFB for approximately 40,000 pounds of 7–9 grain cereal (June 22, 2026 closing) with a previous award to National Food Group at $0.61 per pound. The New Jersey Department of the Treasury, Division of Purchase and Property solicited hot and cold cereals in individual-serving and bulk packaging (August 6, 2026 closing) across 14 price lines with estimated order quantities ranging from 2,700 to 9,600 cases per line over three years. Montgomery County, Pennsylvania has issued back-to-back as-needed grocery and cereal supply contracts for its correctional facility—one closing July 1, 2026 and another closing September 30, 2026—each covering quarterly periods and incorporating addenda on specification amendments. Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia and Burke County Public Schools in Georgia both issued comprehensive school nutrition food bids in May–June 2026 that include cereal and breakfast items as line items within broader cafeteria procurement. Texas state agencies (HHSC and DSHS) have posted multiple food and consumable bids spanning state hospitals and supported living centers that incorporate cereals as commodity lines; one HHSC supplemental food bid posted May 19, 2026 with a potential value of $4.5 million over three years covered 210 line items including grains and cereals. Responses typically require firm fixed unit pricing submitted on state-supplied price sheets, with delivery to multiple locations and contract terms running one to three years with optional renewal periods at agency discretion.