UNSPSC 73131601: Meat products or by products processing services

UNSPSC 73131601 Meat products or by-products processing services is a Commodity code that encompasses food service operations, meal preparation, and food distribution services state and local governments procure to serve institutional populations and public constituencies. Recent solicitations show this code captures comprehensive dining and catering contracts across schools, detention facilities, colleges, county departments, parks, transit authorities, and specialized institutions—reflecting the broad scope of meal service work actually being purchased rather than narrow processing activities. The code characterizes issuing bodies as diverse: school districts and charter schools (DuBois Integrity Academy, Savannah Classical Academy, Gateway Early College High School, Klein ISD, Boulder County Head Start); county governments and departments (Beaufort County detention, Kenosha County long-term care, Whitfield County Sheriff's Office, Williamson County jail); municipalities and special districts (City of New London, City of Cocoa, Tampa Convention Center, Collier County parks, MARTA); state entities (Dalton State College, New Mexico Department of Public Safety); and regional education service centers (San Antonio Pre-K 4 SA, Region One ESC). No single issuing body dominates; activity spans state departments, counties, cities, independent school districts, transit authorities, and special-purpose districts.

Recent opportunities cluster in Georgia, Texas, Florida, Colorado, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Arizona, New Mexico, and Oregon. Representative solicitations include: Invest Atlanta's dual-track RFP (posted July 6, 2026; due August 6) seeking food distributors and retail grocery market operators with Georgia-sourced product mandates and Priority Community hiring requirements; Tampa Convention Center's re-bid for food and beverage services for 350,000+ annual guests (posted June 29; due July 27); Beaufort County's detention center food services RFP (posted June 22; due June 22) covering three meals daily for 200–255 inmates under a one-year initial term with four optional renewals; San Antonio Pre-K 4 SA's nutritional services procurement (posted May 15; due June 15) for CACFP-compliant meal delivery to Head Start programs; DuBois Integrity Academy's school nutrition RFP (posted May 15; due June 15) for food service management serving 1,200+ K–8 students across three locations; Kenosha County's Brookside Care Center food service RFP (posted April 10; due May 27) for 178 skilled nursing residents; Williamson County's jail food services RFP (posted February 12; due April 15) with an annual budget of $1,210,000; and New Mexico DPS's dining services RFP (posted January 25; due March 7) with up to ten-year contract duration and fixed per-meal pricing structure. Activity is sustained across school nutrition programs, correctional institutions, healthcare facilities, parks and recreation, transit, and emergency services, indicating steady demand for institutional food service contracting.