UNSPSC 52141556: Domestic food dehydrator

Device to preserve fruit, vegetable, meat, etc by dehydrating them

UNSPSC 52141556 Domestic food dehydrator, a Commodity code, shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal scope. The five most recent opportunities tagged under this code include appliance procurements for residence halls and mini refrigerators, renovations to historic cottages, and a law enforcement equipment cooperative purchasing vehicle—none of which involve food dehydrators or food-preparation equipment. The code's actual recent solicitation stream appears to reflect general appliance and equipment buys rather than specialized food dehydration products. Issuing bodies include university systems (Texas A&M University System, University of Wisconsin-Madison), municipal procurement departments (City of Philadelphia, City of Decatur, Georgia), and state-level cooperative purchasing programs (Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government unit serving multiple jurisdictions across Washington, Minnesota, and other states).

Recent opportunities show activity concentrated in Texas, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Washington-Minnesota, with competitive procurement through both direct institutional RFBs and ITBs (Texas A&M University System Reed House Appliances, ITB TAMUS-ITB-26-0537, due July 7, 2026; University of Wisconsin-Madison appliance procurement, RFB 2026-UWMSN-01230-RFB, due February 19, 2026) and cooperative purchasing vehicles. The code does not support a clear signal of active demand for food dehydrators specifically; the alignment between the code's name and the recent opportunities is weak, suggesting either intermittent procurement under this classification or mistagging by the issuing agencies. Firms pursuing this code should verify that recent RFQ, IFB, and RFP activity reflects genuine food dehydration equipment demand rather than general small appliance or equipment buys.