UNSPSC 50404120: Rosemary

The variety of herbs known as rosemary

UNSPSC 50404120 Rosemary is a Commodity code under which state and local governments procure shelf-stable and fresh food products for institutional feeding programs, senior services, and facility canteen operations. Recent solicitations show demand for rosemary and other culinary herbs as line items within broader food-service grocery buys, though the code's recent activity is dominated by large multi-item food procurements where rosemary appears as a component ingredient or a stand-alone spice in mixed food supply contracts rather than as a sole-source or specialty procurement. The issuing bodies span state health and human services commissions (Texas HHSC, Texas TDCJ), county boards of commissioners (Gwinnett County, Georgia), state procurement offices (Illinois, Georgia), and institutional food service operations at state supported living centers, prisons, and senior services facilities. Texas HHSC has issued multiple overlapping bids for supplemental food and consumables, canteen groceries, and food service supplies across state-supported living centers, signaling sustained demand from that agency.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Georgia. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued IFB HHS0017799 (Food Service Groceries for Mexia State Supported Living Center, bids due August 25, 2026) and a companion canteen-focused procurement HHS0017798 (same deadline), along with IFB HHS0017449 for El Paso State Supported Living Center (bids due July 13, 2026), and a statewide supplemental food and consumables IFB HHS0016792V2 (response deadline March 19, 2026, with maximum potential value of $4.5 million over three years). The Texas Comptroller issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across TDCJ warehouse locations (response deadline May 4, 2026). Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners solicited an informal written quote for 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including proteins, grains, sauces, and vegetables with delivery required by December 7, 2026 (quote deadline October 19, 2026). The sourcing pattern favors firm fixed-unit pricing, compliance-based evaluation over lowest price, and delivery to multiple institutional locations with strict specification and timing requirements; vendors typically must quote at least 90 percent of line items to remain eligible and bear additional charges such as overtime, restacking, and emergency procurement differentials when deliveries fail to meet windows or specifications.