UNSPSC 93131611: Food security services

UNSPSC 93131611 Food security services is a Commodity code encompassing institutional and community food service operations that state and local governments purchase to support vulnerable populations including senior citizens, incarcerated individuals, schoolchildren, and participants in federal nutrition assistance programs. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers contracting for WIC infant formula rebate management, jail and prison meal service, senior congregate and home-delivered meals, school nutrition program management, and food production for psychiatric hospitals and youth challenge facilities. The work ranges from turnkey food service operations managed by vendors who hire staff, procure inventory, and operate kitchens on-site, to specialized services such as formula rebate processing where the vendor manages pricing relationships with manufacturers and calculates discounts applied across participating jurisdictions. Issuing bodies include state departments of health and human services, state departments of agriculture, county sheriffs' offices and corrections departments, county aging services divisions, school districts, special districts, and municipal parks and recreation departments. The code sees activity across multiple states, with recent solicitations posted by Texas (WIC rebate contracts covering Texas, Minnesota, Iowa, and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), Michigan (psychiatric hospital nutritional services), Florida (senior meals), Georgia (school nutrition and food truck operations), Nevada (youth challenge academy), and Ohio (city-level food access initiatives).

Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0016707 for WIC infant formula rebate services with bids due January 11, 2027, covering milk-based and soy-based formula supply to four jurisdictions serving approximately 207,000 monthly WIC participants; the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services RFP 260000001065 for food nutritional services at two state psychiatric hospitals with proposals due May 28, 2026; Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners ITB 26-00289 for senior meal preparation and delivery services with an estimated contract value of $17,832,659.90 over three years and bids due June 25, 2026; and Pasco County Board of County Commissioners RFP-LK-26-045 for senior congregate and home-delivered meal production with proposals due June 9, 2026. School district activity includes Parkway School District (Missouri) RFP 2685 seeking food service management company operations for child nutrition programs with proposals due June 26, 2026, and Sauvie Island School (Oregon) RFP SX2624900017203 for food service management covering the National School Lunch Program and related child nutrition initiatives with proposals due July 17, 2026. Sourcewell, a Minnesota-based cooperative purchasing vehicle, issued RFP 26RFP120326 on October 1, 2026 for food products and distribution services for school food authorities with proposals due December 3, 2026, available to school districts in South Dakota and other states.