UNSPSC 50403304: Wintercress

The variety of cresses known as wintercress

UNSPSC 50403304 Wintercress, a Commodity code, represents fresh produce supply to institutional food service operations across state and local government — specifically leafy greens and vegetables used in correctional facilities, mental health centers, state supported living centers, school districts, and senior services programs. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers purchasing wintercress and similar fresh produce as part of broader fresh vegetable procurement for meal programs serving vulnerable populations: incarcerated individuals, residents in state-operated care facilities, schoolchildren, and seniors. The work spans direct supply of fresh produce (often in bulk or case quantities), delivery to food warehouses or individual institutional sites, compliance with USDA grade and food-safety standards, and adherence to detailed packaging and temperature-control specifications. Issuing bodies include Texas Health and Human Services Commission (state agency), Texas Department of Criminal Justice (state agency), Illinois Department of Corrections and Department of Mental Health (state agencies), school districts (Bartow County, Bryan County, Dougherty County, Madison Metropolitan, Early County in Georgia and Wisconsin), and county boards of education. State and local food-service buyers are consistent repeat solicitors, particularly TDCJ and Texas HHSC, which issue multiple fresh-produce RFPs across distributed warehouse and facility networks.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Illinois. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted at least four fresh-produce solicitations since early June 2026 for individual facility food warehouses (Wynne, Snyder, and Palestine locations) with responses due mid-October 2026; Texas HHSC issued fresh-produce and canteen-grocery bids for state supported living centers (Lufkin, Mexia) due in late August 2026. Georgia school systems (Bartow County, Bryan County, Dougherty County, Early County) released produce bids for 2026-2027 school nutrition programs in May and June 2026 with awards anticipated in June and July. Illinois Department of Mental Health (Madden Mental Health Center) sought fresh-produce contracts under small purchase for fiscal 2027 in August 2026. Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) bid fresh fruit and vegetable snacks in July 2026 under the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program with local-sourcing and diversity preferences. Representative recent opportunity: Texas HHSC IFB HHS0018082 (posted October 16, 2026, due October 23, 2026) for consumable foods including prepared vegetables and food-service supplies at Lufkin State Supported Living Center for fiscal year 2027, with line items specifying estimated annual case quantities and F.O.B. Destination delivery terms.