UNSPSC 78131500: Farm products warehousing

UNSPSC 78131500 Farm products warehousing, a Class code, encompasses the receipt, storage, inventory management, and distribution of perishable and non-perishable food products for state agencies, school districts, and health and human services facilities. State and local governments use this code to procure cold storage services for frozen and refrigerated items, dry goods warehousing with climate control, logistics support including picking and packing operations, and transportation of stored inventory. The issuing bodies include state health and human services departments, state education procurement offices, county boards of supervisors, and municipal governments; repeat solicitors include the Illinois Department of Human Services (which has posted multiple cold storage and dry goods warehousing RFPs and final cost notices) and the State of Oregon Department of Administrative Services (for statewide school food distribution).

Recent activity spans Illinois, Oregon, Texas, Mississippi, and Arizona. The Illinois Department of Human Services issued an Invitation for Bid for professional warehousing services at the Ann M. Kiley Center in Waukegan covering the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029, with responses due May 20, 2026, requiring 60–70 pallet spaces for dry food storage with bi-weekly delivery and six annual inventory turnovers; the same department separately solicited cold storage services for frozen and refrigerated items at the Elisabeth Ludeman Developmental Center with a response deadline of April 27, 2026. The State of Oregon Department of Administrative Services, on behalf of the Department of Education, issued an Invitation to Bid (ITB S-DASOBO-00015789) for statewide USDA Food Carrier and Warehouse Services with bid submission due April 6, 2026, seeking a single contractor to manage approximately 210,000 cases of USDA foods annually across approximately 300 active delivery sites serving 210 school districts and 200 recipient agencies. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued IFB No. HHS0016767 for warehouse storage and transportation services in San Antonio with both climate-controlled (minimum 10,000 square feet) and non-climate-controlled (minimum 25,000 square feet) facilities, response due June 8, 2026, with an anticipated contract start date of July 1, 2026, and a historical spend reference of $3,797,043.41 over the prior five-year period.