UNSPSC 85150000: Food and nutrition services

In this classification, this family is composed of those entities with the breadth and depth of services to be active as a food or nutrition service

UNSPSC 85150000 Food and Nutrition Services is a Family code covering the procurement of food service operations, catering, meal preparation, and dietary services by state and local governments. State and local agencies soliciting under this code are acquiring comprehensive food operations—from day-to-day meal provision to specialized dietary services and food waste management—rather than purchasing food commodities alone. Recent activity shows demand for both specialized institutional food services and broader waste-diversion and sustainability initiatives alongside traditional meal delivery.

The mix of issuing bodies includes state departments (Maryland Department of Health, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control), county governments (Hillsborough County in Florida, Ocean County in New Jersey), school districts and charter public schools (South Shore Charter Public School, Jefferson Breakfast and Lunch in Maryland), and municipal departments (City of Milpitas communications support, which is unrelated to this code). Maryland's Department of Health posted a resolicitation for dietary services at the Thomas B. Finan Center in Cumberland requiring a full-time Dietetic Director and licensed Clinical Dietitian, with meal service across four locations and a 10% MBE participation goal and 20% Certified Farm & Fish participation goal (proposals due November 6, 2026, RFP, mandatory pre-proposal conference October 13, 2026). The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is piloting curbside food waste collection from households statewide (proposals due October 20, 2026, with an estimated award date of December 17, 2026). Ocean County is managing single-stream recyclable materials processing that includes handling of food and packaging waste (proposals due October 22, 2026, RFP). South Shore Charter Public School is procuring vended breakfast and lunch meal services for K-5 and 6-12 buildings (proposals due October 2, 2026, RFP). Geographic spread spans Maryland, Delaware, Florida, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and California, with Maryland and Florida showing recent institutional-scale solicitations and smaller jurisdictions in multiple states pursuing food waste diversion and sustainability pilots. The code shows low recent activity directly aligned with traditional food and nutrition services; most recent opportunities under this code classification are tangentially related or misclassified.