UNSPSC 73131608: Cold storage services

UNSPSC 73131608 Cold storage services, a Commodity code, encompasses temperature-controlled warehousing and storage operations for food, frozen goods, and perishable commodities managed by state and local food and nutrition programs. Recent solicitations show state and local governments procuring multi-zone cold storage capacity for USDA donated foods distributed through school lunch and child-feeding programs, with facilities maintaining separate dry, cooler, and frozen storage sections to manage tens of thousands of cases annually under strict federal inventory and compliance protocols. The issuing bodies are primarily state agriculture departments and county-level food and nutrition agencies managing food distribution networks; New Jersey's Division of Food and Nutrition exemplifies the pattern, operating a two-zone storage network across school districts serving over 584,000 cases of USDA foods valued at approximately $20 million annually. The code also captures generic logistics and warehouse services, though the sourced opportunities focus narrowly on state-level food storage procurement.

The most recent activity is concentrated in the Northeast. New Jersey's Department of Agriculture, Division of Food and Nutrition posted solicitation 26DPP01313 on August 12, 2026, requesting proposals for food storage and warehousing services under an RFP with a quote due date of October 29, 2026, intended to award up to two contracts (one per zone) for USDA food distribution across Zone A (Southern Jersey) and Zone B (Northern Jersey). Facilities must accommodate three inbound and six outbound daily truck deliveries, operate Monday through Friday with defined delivery windows, and maintain compliance with 7 CFR Part 250 and USDA Food Distribution Program regulations including first-in-first-out management, annual physical inventory reconciliation, facility security, and electronic entry into the USDA Web-Based Supply Chain Management system within two business days of receipt. Pricing uses firm-fixed rates across three contract years on a state-supplied price sheet, with units of measure including hundredweight for storage and handling, pallets for restacking, and cases for reworking and disposal. The solicitation is exempt from small business enterprise and disabled veteran-owned business set-aside requirements.