UNSPSC 85151505: Food research services

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

UNSPSC 85151505 Food research services is a Commodity-level code that in recent state and local procurement activity encompasses institutional food service operations, meal preparation and delivery programs, and food management contracts serving correctional facilities, senior centers, schools, and public agencies. State and local governments buy comprehensive turnkey food service management under this code—full operational responsibility for meal planning, procurement, preparation, staffing, and compliance with nutritional and health standards. The mix of recent issuing bodies spans county sheriffs' offices and detention facilities, county boards of commissioners, school districts and charter schools, state departments, universities and community colleges, and special-purpose agencies. Counties (Hillsborough County, Florida; Whitfield County, Georgia; Marion County, Oregon; Harris County, Texas) and school districts (Sauvie Island School, Oregon; Parkway School District, Missouri; Gateway Early College High School, Arizona) appear frequently. Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast (Georgia, Florida, Texas, Marion County, Oregon), with significant activity in the Midwest (Missouri, Michigan), and scattered solicitations across the West and Northeast.

Representative recent opportunities include Hillsborough County's senior meal preparation and delivery services solicitation (ITB, responses due June 25, 2026, estimated value $17,832,659.90 over three years); D.A.T.E. Academy Charter School's school nutrition program management RFP (Georgia, responses due June 18, 2026); Sauvie Island School's food service management company contract (Oregon, RFP with mandatory site visit June 29, 2026, responses due July 17, 2026, covering National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and fresh farm-to-school integration); the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services' food and nutritional services procurement for two state psychiatric hospitals (RFP, responses due May 28, 2026); Pasco County's food production services for senior congregate and home-delivered meals (RFP, responses due June 9, 2026); and multiple school-district FSMCs including Parkway School District, Missouri (RFP, responses due June 26, 2026) and Gateway Early College High School, Arizona (RFP, responses due April 29, 2026). Large-scale multi-site operations and university dining systems also drive activity—the University System of Georgia issued a systemwide dining and catering eRFP (responses due May 11, 2026), and the Oregon Public Safety Academy solicited food services management (RFP responses due April 2, 2026, with incumbent vendor operating since 2006). Evaluation frameworks consistently emphasize financial stability, operational experience with comparable populations, menu quality, staffing qualifications, insurance coverage, and USDA/state nutritional compliance.