UNSPSC 73131603: Poultry processing services

UNSPSC 73131603 Poultry processing services is a Commodity code covering meal preparation and food service operations that state and local governments procure primarily through food management companies, caterers, and institutional food service providers. Recent state and local solicitations under this code reflect a broad range of food service delivery models: school nutrition programs operating National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs; institutional food service at detention facilities, nursing homes, and law enforcement training academies; municipal market operations and food distribution services; emergency catering and disaster response meal provision; and concession food services at parks and public venues. The issuing bodies span school districts (DuBois Integrity Academy in Georgia, Gateway Early College High School and Phoenix College Preparatory Academy in Arizona, Parkway School District in Missouri, Klein ISD in Texas), county governments (Beaufort County South Carolina detention facility, Harris County Texas juvenile probation, Williamson County Texas jail, Kenosha County Wisconsin skilled nursing facility, Whitfield County Georgia sheriff's office, Marion County Florida schools), municipalities (City of New London Connecticut, Cocoa Florida, Williamson County Texas food truck coordination), state agencies (New Mexico Department of Public Safety, Dalton State College Georgia), transit authorities (MARTA in Georgia), and special-purpose districts (Invest Atlanta, Tampa Convention Center). School districts and county facilities dominate recent activity, with detention and correctional food service appearing across multiple jurisdictions and school nutrition contracts recurring frequently as multi-year procurements with competitive renewals.

Solicitations concentrate in the Southeast and Southwest, particularly Georgia, Texas, Florida, and Arizona, with secondary activity across the Great Lakes region, Connecticut, Colorado, Missouri, Oregon, and New Mexico. Representative recent opportunities include Invest Atlanta's dual-track RFP for food distribution and municipal market retail operations in Atlanta (due August 6, 2026), seeking both a grocery market operator and food distributors with Georgia sourcing mandates and community hiring requirements; Harris County Juvenile Probation's RFP for food services across four youth facilities with three daily meals and specialized nutritional standards (due April 27, 2026); Beaufort County South Carolina's RFP for detention center food services with 200–255 daily inmates and a one-year initial term plus four renewal options (due June 22, 2026); Williamson County Texas's RFP for jail food services serving 600–850 inmates with a $1.21 million annual budget and four-year initial term (due April 15, 2026); Boulder County Colorado's RFP for Head Start program meals serving approximately 110 children with culturally responsive menu expansion and up to five-year contract intent (due June 26, 2026); and New Mexico DPS's RFP for cafeteria and event catering services at training academy facilities with mandatory pre-proposal conference February 10, 2026, and proposal due March 6, 2026. School nutrition contracts frequently require USDA compliance, Food Service Management Company credentials, fixed per-meal pricing, and federal reimbursement coordination, while institutional and municipal procurements emphasize quality control, specialized dietary accommodations, staffing requirements, and performance bonds. Procurement activity is steady across the portfolio with multiple overlapping response deadlines from February through August 2026.