UNSPSC 53131507: Toothpicks

UNSPSC 53131507 Toothpicks is a Commodity code that captures state and local procurement of food items for institutional and retail consumption, though the recent opportunities on file show little activity directly matching the toothpicks product line. Instead, the code appears to be applied to broader food provisioning in school nutrition programs, state hospital canteen supplies, prison commissaries, and grocery distribution contracts where toothpicks may be one line item among hundreds of food and supply categories. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (Harlingen Consolidated ISD, Tattnall County Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Coffee County School Nutrition Program), state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Michigan Department of Corrections, State of Georgia), and economic development entities (Invest Atlanta). School nutrition programs and state institutional food services dominate the recent solicitation volume, with a secondary tier of commissary and specialty food distribution work emerging from state corrections departments.

Recent opportunities span Texas, Georgia, and Michigan, with the greatest concentration in school nutrition procurement. Representative recent work includes Harlingen Consolidated ISD's local groceries bid (GROC1026, due October 1, 2026) as an IFB for miscellaneous store shelf items; Texas HHS Commission's frozen food and canteen supplies for Rusk State Hospital (HHS0017803, IFB due August 10, 2026); Michigan Department of Corrections' prisoner store and friends and family care package services (RFP 260000001218, proposals due June 15, 2026, with award recommendation of $240 million over five years to Keefe Commissary Network as of September 4, 2026); and Hancock County Board of Education's school nutrition grocery supplier contract (IFB SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026, spanning over 1,200 line items). School districts typically evaluate on lowest responsive and responsible bid meeting specifications, while state agencies and specialty procurement increasingly weight service capability, delivery performance, and best value alongside price. The code shows active use but in aggregated food-services contexts rather than toothpicks as a standalone commodity.