UNSPSC 50404116: Papalo

The variety of herbs known as papalo

UNSPSC 50404116 Papalo is a Commodity code representing fresh culinary herbs and specialty produce items procured by state and local government food service operations. State and local governments use this code to source fresh papalo—a leafy herb with a distinctive flavor profile common in Latin American cuisines—for institutional food programs. Recent solicitations reveal that papalo procurement occurs within broader fresh produce and food supply contracts rather than as standalone line items; the code sits within larger grocery, produce, and food service supply aggregations managed by state health agencies, school districts, and institutional food service programs. Issuing bodies include state health and human services agencies, school districts, county departments of criminal justice, and regional cooperative purchasing organizations. The mix reflects the institutional food service sector's reliance on centralized procurement, with repeat buyers including the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, school districts in Georgia and Missouri, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and Fairfax County Public Schools.

Recent activity shows papalo procurement concentrated in Texas, Georgia, and Missouri, driven by large institutional feeding operations. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products at the El Paso State Supported Living Center (response due July 13, 2026), with estimated historical spend of $1.5 million annually; the Rockwood R-VI School District's child nutrition grocery solicitation (response due April 29, 2026) covering over 900 line items for approximately 6,900 daily lunch and 900 daily breakfast participants; the Douglas County School System's RFP for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 school districts across Georgia with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million combined (response due March 4, 2026); and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice cafeteria food products IFB 304T26300CF (response extended to May 4, 2026) for approximately 382 line items across five geographic warehouse locations. One water-infrastructure solicitation (IW240463) appearing in the dataset is plainly unrelated to food procurement and does not reflect code activity.