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 prepared meals, catering services, and meal delivery that state and local governments procure for school nutrition programs, emergency response, community services, and operational functions. Recent solicitations show school districts dominating the activity, with charter schools and public systems managing National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs through both vended meal contracts and full-service food management companies. Secondary categories include disaster meal services, home-delivered nutrition for older adults, catering for college functions, and emergency operations meals; the scope stretches from pre-packaged reheated options to full-scale preparation with on-site delivery.

School districts across Texas and Georgia represent the heaviest recent procurement volume, joined by county aging services (Pennsylvania), community college districts (Texas), and emergency management offices (Florida, Florida). Northside Independent School District (Bexar County, Texas) issued IFB #2026-061 in May 2026 seeking food, restaurants, and catering services across 34 product categories with a June 11 deadline; D.A.T.E. Academy Charter School (DeKalb County, Georgia) posted RFP for school nutrition program management services in May 2026 with a June 18 deadline and mandatory pre-proposal meeting, requiring a Georgia-incorporated FSMC on the state approved vendor list to deliver comprehensive NSLP and SBP operations at a fixed per-meal rate. Montgomery County, Pennsylvania's Office of Aging Services posted RFP 26-23 in April 2026 for home-delivered meal services to homebound adults 60 and over across six county service zones, with a May 21 deadline and unit-price compensation for hot, cold, and frozen meals across a three-year initial term. El Paso County Community College District (Texas) solicited district-wide catering services via RFP #26-004 with a March 11 deadline. Museum School of East Dallas (Texas) and The Seminole County Office of Emergency Management (Florida) also posted recent opportunities for vended meals and disaster meal services respectively.