UNSPSC 73130000: Food and beverage industries

UNSPSC 73130000 Food and beverage industries, a Family code, spans the goods and services state and local governments procure to support school meal programs, food services at public facilities, and nutrition support initiatives. The code captures fresh and processed food products—milk, dairy items, market-basket staples, and specialty provisions—delivered to school districts, regional food service cooperatives, county facilities, and municipal operations. Recent solicitations show a mix of routine commodity procurement (milk and dairy supply contracts, market-basket food items) alongside specialized services (food truck vending at public events, nutrition program evaluation and scoping). Issuing bodies include school-adjacent regional food service cooperatives such as Connecticut Regional Cooperative (CRT), state departments managing child nutrition and early learning programs (Colorado Department of Early Learning and Care, Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care), and municipal parks departments. The code also captures food-service concessions at public facilities—restaurants and bars at municipal golf courses. Geographic activity spans Connecticut, Colorado, Oregon, Florida, and Maine, with repeat activity from Connecticut's regional cooperative procurement infrastructure supporting multiple school jurisdictions.

Recent opportunities illustrate the scope: CRT is soliciting market-basket food items and daily dairy delivery to its Hartford production facility serving school meal programs across participating districts (proposals due September 23, 2026); the City of Wichita Parks & Recreation Department is seeking food truck and alcohol vendors for the 2027 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Fan Fest at Naftzger Park (proposals due October 23, 2026, under RFP); and the Town of Scituate, Massachusetts is leasing the restaurant and bar concession at Widows Walk Golf Course (proposals due September 22, 2026). The Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care is scoping a statewide childcare and preschool enrollment platform (RFP due October 23, 2026) that will consolidate nutrition program administration across multiple early learning hubs, signaling backend system development as a secondary activity under this code. Activity is concentrated in Q4 2026 and early 2027, with most food commodity procurement tied to school-year and calendar-year contract terms beginning October 2026 and January 2027.