UNSPSC 50402401: Lunghi cardoons

The variety of cardoons known as lunghi cardoons

UNSPSC 50402401 Lunghi cardoons, a Commodity code, covers fresh produce supply — specifically leafy greens, root vegetables, fruits, and prepared produce items — for institutional food service operations across state agencies, county governments, school districts, and correctional facilities. State and local governments soliciting under this code procure fresh produce for dining operations at state-supported living centers, mental health facilities, correctional institutions, school nutrition programs, senior centers, and parks. The issuing bodies are predominantly state health and human services departments, state departments of criminal justice, county school boards, city and county parks departments, and independent school districts. Texas agencies — particularly the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Texas Department of Criminal Justice — dominate recent activity, with secondary volume from Georgia school districts and Illinois state agencies.

Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's consumables and noncontract food items procurement for Lufkin State Supported Living Center (IFB HHS0018082, due October 23, 2026), which solicited prepared foods and food service supplies across 22 line items with delivery required within seven days; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's fresh fruit and vegetable bids for Palestine, Snyder Food Warehouse, and Wynne Food Warehouse (IW267376, IW267420, IW267411, due October 14–19, 2026); the Illinois Department of Corrections' fresh produce RFQ for Joliet Treatment Center (27426DOCJOLIEB53849, small-business set-aside, due September 3, 2026), specifying bi-weekly deliveries of onions, peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, and other produce meeting USDA standards; Dougherty County Board of Education's fresh produce sealed bid covering 40 line items for 24 school nutrition sites (PE64710NONST2027000000078, due June 16, 2026); and Madison Metropolitan School District's fresh fruit and vegetable snacks RFB requiring sourcing within 400 miles of Wisconsin with organic-produce pricing preferences (RFB 4163, due July 29, 2026). Contract values range from estimated annual consumables around $158,000 to $969,460.94 for multi-year Head Start procurement. Most awards require firm fixed pricing, F.O.B. Destination delivery, compliance with food safety and USDA standards, and references or past-performance verification; some solicitations impose local-sourcing filters, small-business or diverse-ownership set-asides, or prevailing-wage certification requirements.