UNSPSC 80141700: Distribution

UNSPSC 80141700 Distribution (Class) encompasses the procurement of food products, beverages, and related supplies for delivery to institutional and commercial end-users. State and local governments soliciting under this code buy groceries, meats, produce, frozen and dry goods, paper products, and specialty food items to supply school nutrition programs, detention facilities, senior meal services, recreation centers, universities, and emergency operations. Recent solicitations show issuing bodies across the full spectrum of state and local procurement: school districts and boards of education (Fontana Unified, Hancock County, Colquitt County, Wasatch County, Fayette County, D.A.T.E. Academy Charter, Chattahoochee Hills Charter, McComb, Parkway), counties (Montgomery County Pennsylvania, Greenville County South Carolina, Henry County Georgia, Collier County Florida, Beaufort County South Carolina, Effingham County Georgia, Worth County Georgia, Hillsborough County Florida, Fayette County, Colquitt County), cities (Bartow Florida, St. Cloud Florida, Atlanta Georgia, Cincinnati Ohio, Albuquerque New Mexico), corrections departments and detention authorities (Beaufort County Detention Center, Montgomery County Correctional Facility, Greenville County Detention Center, Worth County Jail, Effingham County Prison and Jail), higher-education institutions (South Dakota Board of Regents universities, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Texas Tech University), transit authorities (Dallas Area Rapid Transit), regional authorities (Tampa Convention Center, Hilton Head Island Airport), food-service contractors operating municipal programs (Invest Atlanta), and service cooperatives (Sourcewell). School districts and county governments are the dominant issuing bodies, appearing repeatedly across elementary and secondary nutrition programs and institutional food service operations.

Activity concentrates in the South and Southeast, with recent solicitations from Florida (Tampa Convention Center, Collier County, Beaufort County, City of Bartow, City of St. Cloud), Georgia (Henry County, Worth County, Effingham County, Atlanta, Invest Atlanta, D.A.T.E. Academy, Chattahoochee Hills Charter, Colquitt County, Dawson County, Lumpkin County), South Carolina (Beaufort County, Greenville County), Pennsylvania (Montgomery County), and multi-state activity through Sourcewell (Minnesota cooperative serving South Dakota and other states). Representative recent opportunities include Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' ITB for senior meal preparation and delivery services (estimated value $17.8 million over three years, bids due June 25, 2026); Collier County's ITN for food services at North Collier Regional Park with local-vendor preference worth 10 evaluation points (proposals due March 6, 2025); South Dakota Board of Regents' RFP for dining service operations at six universities and two university centers (proposals due October 16, 2026, five-year initial term with operations commencing July 1, 2027); Greenville County's RFP for inmate food and non-food supplies to the detention center serving 1,600 average daily population (proposals due June 5, 2026); and Invest Atlanta's dual-track RFP for food distribution services and municipal market retail operations in Priority Communities (proposals due August 6, 2026, with economic development financing available for selected operators).