UNSPSC 70122001: Animal nutrition

UNSPSC 70122001 Animal nutrition (Commodity) encompasses veterinary and shelter animal care services — vaccination clinics, spay-neuter surgery, rescue transport and placement, boarding and kenneling, behavioral management, and comprehensive veterinary consulting — rather than animal feed or nutritional products. State and local animal control agencies, municipal shelters, county domestic animal services divisions, and independent school districts procure these services to support stray and impounded animal care, population management, and placement operations. The City of San Antonio Animal Care Services has issued three separate solicitations in July 2026 for vaccine and microchip clinics ($20 per animal), spay-neuter contract veterinarians ($1,300 per shift), and rescue partner incentive programs ($200 per animal placed), all due August 25, 2026. Bergen County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center in New Jersey is soliciting canine behavior management services (RFP due August 7, 2026), and Collier County Domestic Animal Services in Florida has issued an Invitation to Negotiate for comprehensive veterinary services covering routine care, spay-neuter, emergency treatment, and diagnostic testing across multiple species (ITN 25-8347, proposals due February 4, 2025).

Procurement activity clusters in Texas, Florida, and scattered jurisdictions across the South and Mid-Atlantic. The City of Wichita solicited veterinary consulting services for its animal shelter with a Small & Emerging Business Enterprise set-aside weighted at 10% of evaluation criteria (RFP due June 5, 2026); the City of Fort Worth issued a one-time RFP for animal housing equipment including kennel doors and cat condos (RFP 26-0179, due May 21, 2026 with 30% small business participation goal). Harris County Public Health Services issued an ITB for pet clinic supplies (due July 27, 2026); Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners solicited cardboard pet carriers at $43,200 estimated value over two years (ITQ-26-00305, due July 2, 2026); Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care & Control solicited shelter food supply for approximately 12,000 animals annually across two facilities (due June 24, 2026); and Collier County Procurement issued an ITN for Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Release program operations with no guaranteed volume and reimbursement at $5 to $25 per cat depending on outcome (ITN 26-8652, due March 17, 2026). The State of Georgia Department of Natural Resources issued an eRFQ for predator management services (due March 6, 2026). Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District in Texas is seeking police and K-9 supplies, services, and veterinary care through an IDIQ contract (RFP 262708, due April 8, 2026). Recent opportunities show mixed maturity — some contracts are actively bid (San Antonio multiple awards, Hillsborough known value), others are market-research stage (Pasco County RFI for animal management software, May 19, 2026 response deadline), and one is sole-source execution (Salem Police K-9 veterinary services, $10,000 annually, concluded April 16, 2026).