UNSPSC 50404103: Borage

The variety of herbs known as borage

UNSPSC 50404103 Borage (Commodity) is not clearly reflected in recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes borage as a botanical ingredient or herb product, but the most recent opportunities posted under this code are for broad-based food service groceries, cafeteria supplies, and institutional food procurement — shelf-stable staples, proteins, dairy, frozen entrees, and consumable serviceware — rather than borage or borage-derived products specifically.

State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (multiple solicitations for state-supported living centers and hospitals), the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia, the State of Illinois, and the State of Georgia. Recent opportunities span Texas (with multiple HHSC procurements for Mexia and El Paso state-supported living centers, and TDCJ cafeteria supplies), Georgia (Gwinnett County informal written quotes for senior services food items, and a state-level food supplies solicitation), Illinois (quarterly weekly food orders), and at least one statewide multi-facility supplemental food procurement covering state hospitals and supported living centers across Texas. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission appears as a repeat buyer, issuing at least four separate food and consumable product IFBs between May and August 2026. Representative recent opportunities include Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' informal written quotes (IWQ 140229) for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items due October 19, 2026; the Texas Comptroller's IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across five TDCJ warehouse regions, with response due May 4, 2026; and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017799 for food service groceries at Mexia State Supported Living Center, with bids due August 25, 2026. The code does not appear to support procurement of borage or specialty botanical products in any of these opportunities, suggesting either a classification mismatch or very limited activity under this specific commodity designation.