UNSPSC 50221201: Ready to eat or hot cereals

UNSPSC 50221201 Ready to eat or hot cereals is a Commodity code that covers breakfast cereal products — both ready-to-eat cold cereals and hot oatmeal-type cereals in multiple packaging formats — procured by state and local government agencies for institutional food service, school nutrition programs, and correctional facilities. State and local buyers under this code span state health and human services agencies, school districts, county departments of corrections, and regional education cooperatives, with recent solicitations showing substantial repeat activity from Texas HHSC, Oregon DOC, and Georgia school systems. The work being solicited ranges from individual truckload purchases of single-grain or multi-grain cereals (36,000–50,000 pounds per order) to line-item inclusion in comprehensive food supply contracts serving dozens of schools or multiple state facilities; most solicitations require firm fixed pricing, compliance with FDA and USDA manufacturing standards and shelf-life requirements, and delivery within 30–45 days of order to specified institutional locations.

Recent opportunities span multiple regions with concentration in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Texas HHSC issued at least two statewide supplemental food procurements (HHS0016792 and HHS0017449, with maximum potential value of $4.5 million) that include cereal as a line item within broader food supply contracts serving state hospitals and supported living centers across multiple facilities. Oregon DOC posted multiple single-item cereal solicitations (S2910000016073 and S2910000016400) for approximately 36,000–40,000 pounds of specific cereal types with responses due March 5 and April 3, 2026, applying a combined 10 percent preference for Oregon-based vendors. Georgia school systems—Douglas County Schools, Liberty County Schools, and Burke County Public Schools—all issued comprehensive food supply RFPs and IFBs in early 2026 (due dates ranging from February 18 through June 22, 2026) that include cereal as one of hundreds of line items; Douglas County's main-line food service contract (PE64810NONST2026000000046) carries an estimated annual value of approximately $9 million. New Jersey Department of Treasury issued Bid T0009 (due August 6, 2026) specifically for hot and cold cereals in individual-serving and bulk packaging across 14 price lines, with an estimated three-year order volume of 2,700–9,600 cases per line. Pennsylvania's Montgomery County Correctional Facility solicited cereals as part of broader grocery and meat procurement for the facility (bids due July 1, 2026 and March 4, 2026 under different contract periods). Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) included cereals within a Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) requiring delivery to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens with estimated contract value undisclosed but reflecting large-scale K–12 procurement.