UNSPSC 85151502: Food contamination control services

In this classification, this commodity consists of comprehensive services required to be a food contamination control service

UNSPSC 85151502 Food contamination control services is a Commodity code that in recent state and local activity spans institutional food service operations—meal preparation, delivery, and sanitation across correctional facilities, senior centers, schools, and public agencies. The code encompasses full-service food operations where compliance with health codes, nutritional standards, and sanitation protocols is central to the work being solicited. State and local issuing bodies span county sheriffs' offices (jails and detention centers), county boards of commissioners (senior meal programs), school districts and charter schools, community colleges and universities, state departments (psychiatric hospitals, law enforcement academies), and special-purpose districts. Repeat buyers include Georgia counties (Effingham County, DeKalb County School District, Whitfield County Sheriff's Office, Marion County Sheriff's Office in Oregon), Florida counties (Hillsborough County, Pasco County, Marion County School Board), Texas jurisdictions (Harris County Juvenile Probation, Montgomery County Jail, Williamson County), and Michigan state facilities. Recent solicitations are predominantly RFPs with response dates ranging from late May through early August 2026, with a few ITBs and RFIs mixed in.

Geographic activity clusters heavily in Georgia, Florida, and Texas, with secondary activity in Oregon, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Nevada, Arizona, North Carolina, and specialized state procurements. Representative opportunities include Montgomery County Jail in Texas (RFP 2636, due August 5, 2026) soliciting jail food service with detailed nutritional and security compliance requirements; Effingham County, Georgia (RFP PE65100NONST2027000000055, due August 7, 2026) seeking turnkey food service for prison, jail, and senior center operations; Hillsborough County, Florida (ITB 26-00289, due June 25, 2026) requesting senior meal preparation and delivery with an estimated three-year value of $17.8 million and mandatory Florida Department of Elderly Affairs caterer certification; and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (RFP 260000001065, due May 28, 2026) procuring comprehensive food and nutritional services for two forensic and psychiatric hospitals with rigorous IDDSI diet-modification and multi-facility coordination requirements. The code shows sustained demand across correctional, senior nutrition, K-12 school food service, higher education dining, and state agency operations, with contract values ranging from under $50,000 annually (small school districts) to $17.8+ million (county senior programs) and sophisticated compliance and food-safety expectations driving all awards.