UNSPSC 50403420: Telegraph cucumbers

The variety of cucumbers known as telegraph cucumbers

UNSPSC 50403420 Telegraph cucumbers, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product line within fresh-produce procurement for state and local institutions. State and local governments buy individual vegetable commodities under this code primarily to supply food-service operations at correctional facilities, mental health centers, state-supported living centers, school districts, and senior services programs. The recent solicitations show that telegraph cucumbers (and closely related fresh cucumber products) are procured as line items within broader produce bids rather than as standalone commodity requests; they appear in multi-item RFPs and IFBs alongside complementary vegetables such as lettuce, peppers, tomatoes, carrots, and onions. Issuing bodies include state health and human services departments, departments of criminal justice, school nutrition programs, county boards of education, and municipal recreation authorities. Texas dominates the recent activity through the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Texas Department of Criminal Justice, which conduct frequent, ongoing solicitations for food-service supplies to state-supported living centers and correctional facilities; Illinois, Georgia, and Florida also show recent institutional food-service procurement activity. School districts in Georgia and Wisconsin have posted solicitations for fresh produce including cucumbers, while Head Start programs and senior-services divisions pursue similar commodity bundles through broader food-service RFPs.

Recent representative opportunities reflect the commodity's institutional anchoring. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued multiple fresh-produce solicitations in September and October 2026 (IW267376, IW267420, IW267411) seeking fresh vegetables including cucumbers for delivery to correctional food warehouses with October 2026 response dates. The Illinois Department of Corrections solicited fresh produce including cucumbers for Joliet Treatment Center under small-purchase procurement (27426DOCJOLIEB53849, due September 3, 2026), with bi-weekly delivery, USDA quality requirements, and prevailing-wage certification mandatory. Bryan County Schools in Georgia requested fresh produce bids encompassing cucumbers alongside 1,024 cases of apples and 260+ cases of carrots for school-year 2026-2027 (PE55308NONST2027000000012, due May 27, 2026). The Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted consumables solicitations for state-supported living centers (HHS0018082, due October 23, 2026 for Lufkin; HHS0017872, HHS0017799, HHS0017798 for Mexia in August 2026) listing fresh vegetables as line items. Geographic concentration in Texas reflects heavy institutional food-service procurement by state health and criminal-justice agencies; secondary activity appears in Georgia school districts and Illinois corrections and mental-health facilities.