UNSPSC 85151703: Assessment of emergency food requirements

In this classification, this commodity consists of comprehensive services required to be an assessment of emergency food requirements service

UNSPSC 85151703 Assessment of emergency food requirements (Commodity) encompasses state and local procurement of infant formula rebates, senior meal services, school nutrition programs, correctional facility food service, and specialized food production for vulnerable populations—work that ranges from manufacturer rebate administration to turnkey meal preparation and delivery operations. The mix of issuing bodies includes state health and human services departments, school districts, counties, municipalities, correctional facilities, and special-purpose districts managing aging services or institutional care. Recent solicitations show heavy activity in school nutrition management (food service management company contracts for K-12 districts), senior meal programs (congregate and home-delivered services through county aging agencies), correctional food service (jail and prison meals), and specialized institutional nutrition (psychiatric hospitals, veteran homes, youth challenge programs). State health departments also use the code for WIC infant formula rebate administration and strategic planning around farm-to-school initiatives.

The code sees the most recent activity across Texas, Florida, Michigan, Georgia, Minnesota, and Oregon. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0016707 for WIC infant formula rebates serving Texas, Minnesota, Iowa, and the Choctaw Nation with bids due January 11, 2027; Hillsborough County's ITB 26-00289 for senior meal preparation and delivery services with an estimated three-year value of $17.8 million and bids due June 25, 2026; the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services' RFP for nutritional services at two psychiatric hospitals (proposals due May 28, 2026); Pasco County's RFP-LK-26-045 for senior congregate and frozen meal production (proposals due June 9, 2026); and Sauvie Island School's RFP for food service management company operations (proposals due July 17, 2026). School districts and county aging services remain steady repeat buyers; Michigan state facilities procurement shows recurring institutional nutrition demand across multiple facilities in a single RFP cycle.