UNSPSC 50404100: Herbs

The type of vegetable known as herbs

UNSPSC 50404100 Herbs, a Class code, does not see recent state and local activity aligned with its nominal scope. The recent opportunities posted under this code actually procure broad shelf-stable and perishable food inventories—canned proteins, frozen vegetables, dairy products, beverages, condiments, baking supplies, and disposable serviceware—for state-supported living centers, correctional facilities, senior services, and institutional food service operations. The issuing bodies include state health and human services commissions in Texas, state and county procurement offices in Georgia and Illinois, county boards of commissioners in Georgia, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. These are typically larger purchasing organizations with recurring institutional food-service needs rather than buyers of herbs specifically.

Activity clusters in Texas, where the Health and Human Services Commission and Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issued multiple IFBs for food-service groceries across state-supported living centers and prison warehouses between May and August 2026, with contract values ranging from historical guideline values of $158,000 to $1.5 million annually and a maximum three-year potential of $4.5 million. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia posted an informal written quote (IWQ) on October 13, 2026, for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items due October 19, 2026, and the State of Illinois solicited quarterly food-supply fulfillment in June 2026. The code appears to be a mislabeling artifact; state and local procurement under it operates at the broad institutional food-supply level rather than at the commodity level of herbs themselves, making it difficult for vendors specializing in herbs to identify relevant opportunities under this classification.