UNSPSC 90101501: Restaurants

UNSPSC 90101501 Restaurants (Commodity) represents food service operations that state and local governments contract to manage cafeterias, concession stands, catering delivery, and meal programs across civic venues, emergency response facilities, detention centers, parks, schools, and public buildings. Recent solicitations show municipalities and counties procuring full-service food operations—from year-round cafeteria management at state office buildings to event-based catering at convention centers and parks. The buying mix spans state departments (Florida Department of Transportation, Florida Department of Management Services), county governments (Collier County, Beaufort County, Broward County, Dane County, Williamson County), cities (Richardson, Cocoa, Bartow, Cincinnati, DeBary), special districts (Alliant Energy Center), charter schools (Savannah Classical Academy, DuBois Integrity Academy), and public authorities (Tampa Convention Center). Repeat activity centers on food service management contracts for schools operating USDA-reimbursed National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, which appear frequently across Georgia school districts, Colorado Head Start programs, and Missouri districts. Emergency catering for hurricane response and civic center operations account for a secondary volume of solicitations, with cities and counties seeking standby or event-based food vendors.

Recent opportunities span Florida, Georgia, Texas, Colorado, Wisconsin, Missouri, and South Carolina. The Florida Department of Transportation has reissued Burns Building Food Services in Tallahassee multiple times (ITN16477, IN16607, IN16646) with compressed timelines and vendor taste-testing, indicating a complex procurement cycle now in final-ranking stages as of August 2026. Collier County issued an Invitation to Negotiate for North Collier Regional Park food services (due March 6, 2025) applying 10 local-vendor preference points. The City of Bartow requested emergency standby catering for hurricane season (ITB 26-23, due August 5, 2026) with up to three vendor awards and W/MBE preferences. Dane County's RFP for Alliant Energy Center food and beverage operations (due October 22, 2026) covers exclusive concessions, catering, and retail across 164 acres and 250+ annual events, with historical sales of $1.2 million retail and $1.8 million catering. School nutrition management is active across multiple jurisdictions—Savannah Classical Academy (RFP due June 12, 2026), DuBois Integrity Academy (proposals due June 15, 2026), Boulder County Head Start (RFP-292-26, due June 26, 2026), and Parkway School District Missouri (due June 26, 2026)—all seeking Food Service Management Companies to operate USDA meal programs. The City of Cincinnati issued an RFI (not a procurement) on healthy food access mobile markets (due October 23, 2026), signaling exploratory activity without immediate spend. The code shows consistent activity but no single dominant issuer; opportunity concentration skews toward school nutrition and municipal venue food operations with modest local-preference and WBE/MBE evaluation weighting when present.