UNSPSC 52151507: Domestic disposable drinking straws

UNSPSC 52151507 Domestic disposable drinking straws is a Commodity-tier code that captures a narrow product category within state and local procurement, though the recent opportunities block shows this code sees minimal targeted solicitation activity. The code appears in school nutrition and institutional food service contexts where straws are bundled within broader food service disposables contracts rather than procured as standalone items. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code and related disposable food service product lines include school districts (independent school districts in Texas, Georgia, Missouri, and Pennsylvania; county and municipal school systems), state institutional facilities (state supported living centers, veterans homes, and correctional facilities), and county or city recreation and parks departments. School districts represent the heaviest concentration of recent activity, with nutrition programs serving both National School Lunch Program and Child and Adult Care Food Program meal operations.

The geographic spread of recent opportunities spans Texas (Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Region One Education Service Center cooperative in South Texas, City of Edinburg), Georgia (Douglas County, Colquitt County, Lamar County, Gwinnett County, Candler County school systems), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District), Pennsylvania (Montgomery County), Florida (Marion County schools, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue), Illinois (Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy), and other jurisdictions. Recent representative solicitations include the Region One Purchasing Cooperative (ROPC) RFP for Janitorial and Disposable Products (posted March 11, 2026, due April 15, 2026), which explicitly names straws within its scope of paper and plastic products for pre-qualified vendor lists across 146 member organizations; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017380 for Picnic Pack Supplies at Lubbock State Supported Living Center (posted June 22, 2026, due June 22, 2026), which specified disposable utensils and related items; and the Northside Independent School District RFP 2026-046 for Child Nutrition Supplies (posted March 10, 2026, due April 2, 2026), which encompasses consumable food service supplies across 132 school sites. Straws typically appear as line items within larger food service disposables bundles rather than as sole procurement focuses; vendors pursuing the code should expect to bid straw products alongside cups, plates, utensils, napkins, and other single-use serviceware in multi-category competitive solicitations with firm pricing requirements and delivery schedules tied to school calendars and meal service operations.