UNSPSC 52151507: Domestic disposable drinking straws

UNSPSC 52151507 Domestic disposable drinking straws—a Commodity code—names a narrow product line, but state and local procurement activity under this code spans a much broader mix of food service supplies. School districts, state institutional agencies, county facilities, and cities soliciting under this code typically bundle straws with napkins, containers, utensils, plates, trays, liners, and related disposables as part of comprehensive consumables buys for cafeterias, correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, and child nutrition programs. The recent opportunities show straws appearing as one line item among dozens in larger food service supply contracts—the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's consumables solicitations for state-supported living centers (IFB HHS0018082, HHS0017872), the School Board of Polk County's nutrition supplies IFB (ITB 002RW0727), the New Jersey Department of the Treasury's disposable food service items bid (26DPP01297), and the City of New Haven Board of Education's paper goods and supplies RFP (2026HYRFPCNH350) all include straws as specified line items alongside hundreds of other products. Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts, state health and human services agencies operating institutional facilities, county boards of education, and municipal education systems; repeat buyers include the Texas HHS Commission (multiple solicitations for state-supported living centers), state school nutrition programs across Georgia, and Florida county school districts. Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Florida, Georgia, and scattered northeastern jurisdictions; the Texas HHS Commission alone posted at least four consumables solicitations between June and October 2026 that included straws as commodity line items.

Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's October 2026 consumables solicitation (HHS0018082) for the Lufkin State Supported Living Center, an IFB with bids due October 23, 2026, covering 22 line items of prepared foods and food service supplies including straws and spanning 22 cases annually; the School Board of Polk County's July 2026 ITB (002RW0727) for school nutrition consumable supplies with bids due July 21, 2026 and an estimated total bid value of $1.465 million, listing straws among 47 line items with annual quantities ranging up to 12,380 cases; the New Jersey Department of the Treasury's disposable food service items bid (26DPP01297) posted in July 2026 with quotes due August 25, 2026, comprising 26 price lines of paper and plastic products; and the Georgia Educational Cooperative's June 2026 bid (PE55396NONST2026000000005) for food service disposables across 14 school districts with proposals due June 11, 2026. Straws rarely appear as standalone procurement targets; they are virtually always sourced as part of multi-line consolidated food service supply contracts where lowest-price or composite-bid evaluation typically governs award, with F.O.B. Destination prepaid freight and firm fixed pricing standard across all recent activity.