UNSPSC 50501508: Vitamin B9 supplement

Vitamin supplements are used to ensure that adequate amounts of nutrients are obtained on a daily basis, if optimal amounts cannot be obtained through a varied diet. Vitamin B9 (or Folic acid, folate, vitamin M, vitamin Bc, folacin, pteroyl-L-glutamic acid, and pteroyl-L-glutamate) are forms of the water-soluble vitamin B9. The human body needs folate to synthesize and repair DNA, as well as for other functions.

UNSPSC 50501508 Vitamin B9 supplement (Commodity) covers folic acid and folate-based nutritional supplements procured by state and local health departments, correctional facilities, public health clinics, and school districts for inmate populations, patients in custody, vulnerable populations, and institutional feeding programs. The code encompasses tablets, capsules, liquid formulations, and powder preparations in various potency levels, typically sourced through standing contracts, cooperative purchasing vehicles, or competitive sealed bids as part of broader pharmaceutical and nutritional supply procurement.

The source material contains no recent state or local contract opportunities tagged to this code, making current market activity and issuing-body or geographic concentration difficult to assess. This absence may reflect that vitamin B9 supplements are commonly procured through broader pharmaceutical or nutritional supply blanket orders rather than standalone solicitations, or through state health department master agreements with pharmaceutical distributors that do not appear in public RFP, RFQ, IFB, or ITB notices. Business development professionals should monitor state correctional system supply schedules, state health department purchasing websites, and cooperative purchasing catalogs such as those offered through NASPO ValuePoint or regional cooperatives to identify active demand under or alongside this code.