UNSPSC 90111605: Meals and personal expense

A expense includes the cost of meals, airfare, lodging, transport services, taxis, buses or train to the airport or to and around the travel destination, dry cleaning service for clothes, cost of business calls during business travel away from home, cost of computer rental and other communications devices while on the business trip etc.

UNSPSC 90111605 Meals and personal expense is a Commodity code covering meal preparation and delivery services that state and local governments procure for senior nutrition programs, school nutrition operations, home-delivered meal services for homebound seniors, and food service at school events and functions. The scope spans everything from daily meal production and transport to specialized dietary accommodations (vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, diabetic), culturally diverse menu offerings, USDA compliance management, and staffing support. Issuing bodies include city and county aging services departments, independent school districts, county healthcare authorities and cooperative purchasing entities, and charter schools. Food service contractors bid against fixed per-meal pricing or negotiated unit rates; qualification thresholds typically demand current health permits, food facility inspection documentation, fire permits, commercial kitchen licenses, proof of food sanitation manager certification, and three-year service histories.

Recent procurement activity spans California, Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and New Mexico. The City of Milpitas (RFP 26281, response November 10, 2026) solicited meal vendors for approximately 21,472 annual meals to the Barbara Lee Senior Center under the County of Santa Clara's Senior Nutrition Program, requiring cultural diversity in menus with firm fixed rates and 3% annual price caps over three years. Northside Independent School District in Bexar County, Texas (IFB 2026061, response June 11, 2026) bid sealed contracts for food, restaurants, catering services, and concessions across 34 product categories for 83 elementary, 21 middle, and 13 high schools plus magnet facilities. D.A.T.E. Academy Charter School in DeKalb County, Georgia (RFP due June 18, 2026) requested school nutrition program management covering the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program at fixed per-meal rates with monthly Net 30 payment. Montgomery County, Pennsylvania's Office of Aging Services (RFP 26-23, response May 21, 2026) procured home-delivered meal services for homebound seniors aged 60 and over across six service zones for a three-year term commencing July 1, 2026 with unit pricing for hot, cold, and frozen meals.