UNSPSC 57050200: Food emergency rations

This class includes emergency rations are items of food and drink that a person stores and relies on in case of an emergency.

UNSPSC 57050200 Food emergency rations is a Class code under which state and local governments procure food service supplies and disaster logistics support for parks, recreational facilities, and emergency response operations. The scope spans both routine food delivery for parks and aquatic centers and comprehensive emergency-response logistics including workforce housing, equipment staging, water remediation, and community distribution infrastructure. Issuing bodies include county parks departments, municipalities, and special-purpose districts. Milwaukee County Parks and the Town of Hilton Head Island (acting on behalf of Barnwell County, South Carolina) represent the two most recent solicitations under this code. The Milwaukee County procurement targets established food-service suppliers through a competitive RFQ for weekly deliveries of frozen proteins, dairy, condiments, paper products, and disposables to 18 parks across six Wisconsin municipalities, while the Hilton Head Island solicitation seeks a single contractor capable of deploying disaster-response teams, warehousing, and logistics support within eight hours of emergency notification.

Recent activity is concentrated in the Midwest and Southeast, with Milwaukee County and South Carolina representing the two documented opportunities. Milwaukee County issued an RFQ on February 12, 2026, with a March 5, 2026 response deadline, seeking a primary vendor to service all locations on an aggregate bid basis with weekly minimum deliveries, FOB Destination with freight prepaid, under a one-year initial term with two optional one-year extensions beginning March 1, 2026. The Town of Hilton Head Island released an RFP on January 27, 2026, with a March 10, 2026 response deadline for a disaster-logistics indefinite quantity contract with a mandatory virtual pre-proposal meeting scheduled for February 11, 2026; the procurement emphasizes rapid deployment capability (eight hours on-site, fully operational within 24 hours), 30,000-square-foot warehousing capacity, and a five percent local-vendor price reduction up to $10,000 for certified vendors meeting residency and three-year business-license requirements. Neither solicitation discloses a specific contract award value or budget range.