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 for which state and local governments are actually buying meal preparation, food service operations, and nutritional management for institutional and public populations—particularly seniors, incarcerated persons, schoolchildren, and psychiatric patients—rather than contamination-prevention services in the nominal sense. Recent solicitations show correctional facilities, county senior nutrition programs, school districts, state psychiatric hospitals, and municipalities contracting for complete turnkey food production and service delivery spanning menu planning, meal preparation, staffing, equipment provision, and regulatory compliance. Issuing bodies span state departments (Michigan, Texas, Nevada), county governments (Hillsborough, Pasco, Effingham, Marion County in Oregon, Montgomery County in Texas), municipalities (Cincinnati, Atlanta), school districts and charter schools, and special-purpose authorities. Michigan's Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Veteran and Military Affairs, and other state nutrition operations appear multiple times. Correctional facilities (county jails, state psychiatric hospitals) and senior meal programs (congregate and home-delivered) dominate the recent contract pipeline, alongside school nutrition management companies and specialized food production for licensed facilities.

Recent opportunities span five states and multiple regions. Texas leads with WIC infant formula rebate procurement by the Health and Human Services Commission (IFB HHS0016707, due 11 January 2027), Montgomery County Jail food service (due 5 August 2026), and the Department of Agriculture's Farm to School strategic planning (RFP 5510000628, due 8 September 2026). Michigan shows dense activity: the Department of Health and Human Services issued multiple RFPs for psychiatric hospital nutritional services (due 28 May 2026, with mandatory pre-proposal meetings 12 May) and the Department of Veteran and Military Affairs solicited nutrition services at two veteran homes (RFP 260000002176, due 9 September 2026). Florida's Hillsborough County and Pasco County both issued major senior meal RFPs (ITB-26-00289 estimated at $17.8 million over three years, due 25 June 2026; RFP-LK-26-045 due 9 June 2026). Georgia (DeKalb County Schools, Forsyth County Parks, City of Richardson) and North Carolina (Collier County, Florida ITN for park concessions due 6 March 2025) show concurrent activity in school nutrition and recreational facility food service. School districts in Oregon (Sauvie Island) and Connecticut (New Haven Public Schools) issued separate management contracts due June–July 2026. Sourcewell, a Minnesota cooperative purchasing vehicle, posted RFP 26RFP120326 for school food products and distribution (due 3 December 2026), signaling multi-state demand through cooperative frameworks. The code shows little relevant activity—most opportunities tag food production, meal service operations, and nutritional management rather than contamination control in a technical or prevention sense, suggesting misalignment between the code's nominal scope and actual procurement practice.