UNSPSC 52151706: Chopsticks

UNSPSC 52151706 Chopsticks is a Commodity code that encompasses kitchen smallwares and disposable food service supplies solicited by state and local education and social-service agencies. Recent state and local opportunities under this code reveal that public bodies are procuring a broader range of kitchen items than the code's name alone suggests—school nutrition programs, county health departments, and state facilities are buying paper goods, serving trays, food-storage containers, napkins, utensils, thermometers, scoops, measuring equipment, and miscellaneous kitchen supplies alongside chopsticks. The issuing bodies are primarily school districts and school food authorities (Bartow County School System, Colquitt County School Nutrition, Baconton Community Charter School, Atlanta Public Schools), county governments (Gwinnett County, Hillsborough County, Fulton County Schools), and state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Agriculture partner programs). School nutrition programs dominate the market, with multiple districts issuing sealed-bid IFBs and RFPs annually for kitchen smallwares to support food service operations at the start of each school year.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with secondary solicitations appearing in Ohio and Florida. Representative current opportunities include Bartow County School System's IFB 2027-03 for school nutrition paper goods and supplies (sealed bids due September 2, 2026), Colquitt County School Nutrition's IFB SY26-27 for 295 line items of kitchen smallwares across ten equipment categories (bids due June 15, 2026), Baconton Community Charter School's sealed bid for smallware and small equipment including thermometers, scoops, sheet pans, and blenders (bids due July 20, 2026), and the City of Edinburg, Texas's RFP 2026-017 for CACFP meal program supplies across five categories including paper goods, food products, and nonfood items serving approximately 400 children daily (proposals due August 11, 2026, with a local-vendor preference applying). Gwinnett County is soliciting a smallwares catalog discount contract with responses due October 16, 2026. Contracts typically run one school year with options to extend or renew for multiple additional terms, firm pricing for the initial period, and delivery to multiple school sites or consolidated warehouse locations.