UNSPSC 73131604: Meat hygiene or inspection services

UNSPSC 73131604 Meat hygiene or inspection services is a Commodity code that state and local governments use to buy food service management, meal preparation, and nutrition program operations rather than direct hygiene or inspection services. Recent solicitations show that the code captures comprehensive food service contracting across institutional settings—school districts, county jails, healthcare facilities, transit authorities, colleges, and specialized programs—where meal planning, preparation, delivery, and dietary compliance are central to the work. State and local buyers are issuing RFPs for food service management companies (FSMCs) to operate National School Lunch Programs, School Breakfast Programs, jail and detention center dining, Head Start nutrition, senior meal programs, and event catering, with vendors responsible for labor, food procurement, menu development, and regulatory adherence. The issuing-body mix is diverse: independent school districts (DuBois Integrity Academy, Savannah Classical Academy, Gateway Early College High School, Parkway School District, Klein ISD, Boulder County Head Start), county governments (Beaufort County detention services, Harris County juvenile probation, Kenosha County skilled nursing, Whitfield County Sheriff's Office, Williamson County jail and food truck services, Marion County school vending), cities and municipalities (Tampa Convention Center, New London catering, Cocoa emergency services, Collier County parks concessions), transit authorities (MARTA food access programs), and colleges (Dalton State College dining). Repeat themes in issuing bodies include Georgia school districts and county detention facilities, which appear multiple times in recent postings.

Recent opportunities span multiple states with notable concentration in Georgia (Savannah Classical Academy, DuBois Integrity Academy, Invest Atlanta food distribution, MARTA Clayton County food giveaway, Whitfield County jail, Dalton State College), Texas (San Antonio Pre-K 4 SA nutrition, Harris County juvenile probation, Parkway School District Missouri, Williamson County jail and food truck services), Florida (Tampa Convention Center, Beaufort County detention, Marion County school vending, Collier County beach concessions, New London emergency catering, Broward County FEMA emergency food), Colorado (Boulder County Head Start), Connecticut (New London park catering), Arizona (Gateway and Phoenix College Preparatory academies), Wisconsin (Kenosha Care Center), and New Mexico (Department of Public Safety dining). Representative recent opportunities include Invest Atlanta's dual-track RFP (posted July 6, 2026; due August 6, 2026) for food distribution services and municipal market retail operations across Priority Communities, seeking both a retail grocery market operator and food distributors with FSMA compliance and local-sourcing commitments; the Tampa Convention Center re-bid (posted June 29, 2026; due July 27, 2026) for comprehensive food and beverage operations serving over 350,000 annual guests; Beaufort County detention center food services (posted June 22, 2026; due same day) requiring three daily meals for 200–255 inmates under one-year initial and four optional renewal terms; and Harris County juvenile probation's food services RFP (posted March 27, 2026; due April 27, 2026) for multi-facility operations across four facilities with minimum wage requirements and nutritional standards. Multiple school districts and institutional buyers are actively replacing or establishing food service contracts through competitive RFP, with Georgia and Texas showing the strongest recent activity.