UNSPSC 70121500: Dairying

UNSPSC 70121500 Dairying is a Class code covering the procurement of milk, dairy products, and ice cream for direct consumption and use by state and local institutions, with recent solicitations showing state purchasing divisions and county or city parks departments seeking both commercial dairy supply contracts and farmland-lease services for agricultural production. The State of Rhode Island, Division of Purchases, has been the primary active buyer under this code, establishing Master Price Agreements (MPA 70) for milk in multiple container sizes (half-pint to 5-gallon), dairy products including cottage cheese, yogurt, and sour cream, and frozen desserts for delivery to state facilities including hospitals, correctional institutions, training schools, and veterans' homes. Vendors must meet Rhode Island Department of Health licensing and food safety compliance requirements, maintain cold-chain integrity at or below 40 degrees Fahrenheit, and carry comprehensive insurance including general liability coverage of $1,000,000. Pricing for fresh milk tracks the Class I Price of the Boston Regional Marketing Area, Zone 21 NEMA, with monthly adjustments by container size. The code also captures state and local procurement for farmland-lease operations, though these opportunities appear tangential to the primary dairy-supply focus; Montgomery County, Pennsylvania sought an agricultural operator for Norristown Farm Park (409.9 acres), the City of Albuquerque sought farming services for Alamo Field Open Space (10 acres), and the City of Lubbock sought a cash-farm lease (40 acres).

Rhode Island accounts for the most recent and concentrated activity, with two successive iterations of the same Master Price Agreement posted in May and June 2026, both due in mid-summer with reverse-auction pricing events scheduled immediately after proposal deadlines. Group 1 milk products show estimated annual quantities of approximately 207,669 units; Group 2 dairy products approximately 20,925 units; and Group 3 frozen desserts approximately 3,271 units. The Rhode Island solicitations require MBE/WBE/VBE participation documentation and impose a one-percent transaction fee payable to EasiBuy, LLC, plus a 0.33 percent contract administrative fee withheld from invoices. Contract terms are three years with two optional 12-month renewals. The farmland-lease opportunities in Pennsylvania, New Mexico, and Texas represent sporadic activity outside the core dairy-supply scope and do not reflect meaningful concentration in the Dairying code itself; the City of College Park's executive search RFP is unrelated and appears to be a coding mismatch.