UNSPSC 52151666: Domestic ladle

A long handled spoon which terminates in a deep bowl and is used for serving soup, stew or similar foods

UNSPSC 52151666 Domestic ladle is a Commodity code that represents a narrow food service equipment item, but recent state and local solicitations show the code is being used to tag broad school nutrition and child care food program procurement — not ladles specifically. The City of Edinburg, Texas (RFP 2026017, due August 4, 2026) is soliciting food and nonfood items for a Child and Adult Care Food Program serving 400 children daily, including beverages, paper goods, food products, janitorial supplies, and storage containers. Baconton Community Charter School (sealed bids due August 3, 2026) is requesting kitchen smallware and small equipment including measuring cups, sheet pans, serving pans, mop heads, aprons, and powered equipment like food blenders and can openers. Colquitt County School Nutrition (IFB due June 15, 2026) procured 295 line items across ten smallware categories — steam table pans, cutlery, storage containers, portioning equipment, protective equipment, and material handling carts. Hillsborough County requested miscellaneous kitchen supplies for various departments (RFQ due July 8, 2026), and Rockwood R-VI School District (bids due April 28, 2026) solicited approximately 100 line items including food storage containers, kitchen utensils, protective equipment, and cutting boards. The code sees sustained activity across school districts and municipal child nutrition programs, though the actual scope diverges significantly from a single-product ladle category.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia school districts (Baconton Community Charter, Colquitt County, Henry County Schools with two concurrent postings, Houston County) and Texas and Missouri school systems, alongside municipal programs in Florida and Minnesota-anchored cooperative purchasing through Sourcewell. Georgia generates the densest cluster, with Henry County Schools appearing twice (both IFBs due May 5, 2026 for cafeteria smallwares across 52 locations). Atlanta Public Schools issued a separate procurement for commercial kitchen equipment repair and preventive maintenance services (RFP due May 20, 2026) covering refrigeration, cooking, ventilation, and warewashing equipment across school kitchens and administrative buildings. The Sourcewell cooperative (RFP 061626 due June 16, 2026) positioned law enforcement equipment broadly to multiple state and local jurisdictions, indicating the category's misuse in the taxonomy. None of the recent solicitations explicitly award based on ladle supply; instead, they aggregate multiple smallware and equipment categories into consolidated supply contracts, often with multiple awards and firm fixed pricing for 12-month school fiscal years with optional renewals. A local-vendor preference applies in Texas (within 5 percent of lowest bid under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051); Buy American provisions govern school food programs funded by USDA; and NSF certification is standard for food contact items across solicitations.