UNSPSC 73131605: Meat plant operation or management services

UNSPSC 73131605 Meat plant operation or management services is a Commodity code under which state and local governments procure food service operations and meal management at institutional and public facilities, not meat processing plant operations. Recent solicitations show this code captures comprehensive food management contracts spanning school nutrition programs, detention and correctional facility dining, senior nutrition services, collegiate and institutional cafeteria operations, emergency catering, and specialized dietary service provision—a scope substantially broader than the code's nominal title suggests. The mix of issuing bodies reflects the distributed nature of institutional food service across sectors: school districts (including charter schools, independent academies, and early college high schools) dominate the solicitation stream, joined by county governments managing detention facilities and social services, municipal governments contracting for emergency or park concession catering, colleges and universities, and special-purpose authorities such as transit systems and state agencies. School districts appear most frequently as repeat buyers, with individual district or charter school RFPs for food service management companies (FSMCs) to operate national school lunch and breakfast programs; county sheriff's offices and detention systems are secondary repeat users. Geographic spread spans the country, with concentrated recent activity in Georgia (multiple school districts and Whitfield County Sheriff's Office, Dalton State College, Invest Atlanta, MARTA Clayton County operations), Texas (Williamson County, Harris County Juvenile Probation, Klein ISD, San Antonio Pre-K 4 SA), Florida (Tampa Convention Center, Marion County schools, Broward County, Collier County parks, City of New London/Connecticut coastal concessions), and Arizona (Phoenix-area charter schools), with additional activity in Colorado (Boulder County Head Start), Wisconsin (Kenosha County skilled nursing), South Carolina (Beaufort County detention), and Oregon (Washington County senior nutrition).

Representative recent opportunities underscore the operational and commercial scope. Invest Atlanta posted a dual-track RFP (PE66789NONST2027000000021, due August 6, 2026) for food distribution services and municipal market retail operations in Priority Communities, seeking both a grocery retail operator (15,000–25,000 square feet, SNAP/EBT acceptance, five-year grocery experience minimum) and food distributors (five-year commercial food distribution experience, FSMA compliance, 10–20 percent Georgia-sourced products, living wage compliance, 30 percent Priority Community hiring). The Tampa Convention Center (26P00355, due July 27, 2026) seeks proposals for full food and beverage operations across permanent restaurants, bars, concessions, and catering serving over 350,000 guests annually on a re-bid basis. School nutrition management RFPs cluster heavily: DuBois Integrity Academy (PE33258NONST2027000000001, due June 15, 2026) seeks a FSMC for 1,200+ K-8 students across three locations with one-year initial term and four optional renewals; Beaufort County detention (062226, due June 22, 2026) requires food services for 200–255 inmates with 28-day certified menus, $1,000,000 liability insurance, and one-year firm pricing; Harris County Juvenile Probation (250339, due April 27, 2026) seeks comprehensive meals for four youth facilities with minimum $22/hour staff wages and 2,800-calorie daily nutritional standards. The code shows steady activity with compressed response timelines and significant emphasis on regulatory compliance, specialized dietary accommodation, facility management, and institutional staffing—characteristics that distinguish public institutional food service from commercial food distribution or manufacturing.