UNSPSC 52151658: Dough knife

Wide rectangular blade with top mounted handle. Used for cutting or dividing rolled out or batch doughs, lifting doughs from board and scraping dough board.

UNSPSC 52151658 Dough knife is a Commodity code that covers hand tools for food preparation in school nutrition and foodservice operations. State and local governments buy dough knives as part of broader kitchen smallwares and equipment procurement, bundled with other food preparation utensils, cutlery, and handling tools. The code appears embedded in larger child nutrition and cafeteria supply solicitations rather than as a standalone item, reflecting the integrated purchasing approach school districts and food service operators use. Issuing bodies include school districts (Baconton Community Charter School in Georgia, Colquitt County School Nutrition in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Henry County Schools in Georgia, Houston County School District in Georgia), cities (City of Edinburg, Texas, supporting the Child and Adult Care Food Program), and county purchasing offices (Hillsborough County, Florida). School districts dominate the recent solicitation activity, with most dough knives acquired through annual child nutrition smallwares bids covering the school year beginning July 1 each contract cycle.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Missouri school systems. Colquitt County School Nutrition issued IFB SY26-27 School Nutrition Smallwares Bid (due June 15, 2026) covering 295 line items of kitchen smallwares including cutlery and food preparation tools across multiple school sites. Baconton Community Charter School solicited sealed bids for kitchen smallware and small equipment (PE55407NONST2027000000012, due August 3, 2026) including knives and scoops for school year 2026-2027. Henry County Schools issued IFB 2026-100100-0318 for cafeteria smallwares to 52 nutrition locations (due May 5, 2026) on an as-needed basis with weekly Monday–Friday deliveries. Rockwood R-VI School District Child Nutrition Services bid approximately 100 line items of food service equipment and supplies including specialized food preparation tools (due April 28, 2026), with contract awards scheduled for June 4, 2026, and multiple vendors designated per line item. The City of Edinburg, Texas, RFP 2026-017 for CACFP Meal Program supplies (due August 4, 2026) included janitorial and nonfood items but focused on food and beverage provision; dough knives do not appear as a named line item in that scope. Dough knives typically appear as one of dozens of smallwares within itemized bid tables rather than as a category heading, bundled with thermometers, scoops, sheet pans, serving pans, measuring cups, and cutlery at unit quantities ranging from single units to 96 per item depending on school size and program scale.