UNSPSC 93131602: Emergency food supply services

UNSPSC 93131602 Emergency food supply services, a Commodity code, encompasses meal delivery, catering, and food logistics for disaster response, emergency shelters, school lunch programs, and rapid-assistance initiatives when activated by state and local jurisdictions. State and local governments use this code to procure both immediate meal service during declared emergencies and the underlying supply-chain and distribution infrastructure that sustains food access during crises. Counties, cities, state departments, and transit authorities issue under this code; Florida agencies dominate recent activity, with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services managing multiple school lunch program distribution contracts and Collier County leading on emergency catering procurement. Scope includes ready-to-eat boxed meal delivery and mobile kitchen deployment for hurricanes and other disasters, USDA food receipt and warehouse logistics for school lunch programs, market-based food giveaways for underserved populations, and call-center administration for emergency financial assistance tied to food insecurity.

Recent solicitations span diverse geographies and issuing bodies. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services posted three ITBs in May 2026 for USDA Foods receipt, handling, storage, and distribution across Service Area 1 (Region 2) and Service Area 2, with bids due June 10, 2026; Collier County issued an RFP in June 2026 for Emergency Catering Services (grant-funded through FEMA Public Assistance) to support meal service during hurricanes and tropical storms, with response due January 16, 2026, based on historical activation for Hurricanes Ian, Idalia, Helene, and Milton totaling approximately $800,000; the Town of Palm Beach, Florida posted RFP 2026-014 in February 2026 for emergency food services to feed approximately 250 employees per day for up to two weeks post-disaster, due March 18, 2026; and Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative (Texas) issued a renewal catalog discount bid for snacks, beverages, and produce in April 2026 covering 1,909 participating purchase orders with estimated expenditures of $15,107,213. Additional activity includes the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) soliciting food market planning and operations for Clayton County, Georgia, in March 2026, and the New Mexico Department of Public Safety procurement for full meal service at DPS and the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy, due March 7, 2026. Activity concentrates in Florida, Texas, Georgia, and the Southwest, with federal compliance (FEMA, USDA, 2 CFR Part 200) embedded in most disaster-related solicitations.