UNSPSC 50404502: French green lentils

The variety of lentils known as french green lentils

UNSPSC 50404502 French green lentils is a Commodity code that names a single specialized legume product, but the recent state and local solicitation activity under this code shows almost no direct demand for French green lentils themselves. Instead, state and local food service and institutional buyers are procuring broad fresh produce, prepared foods, and cafeteria groceries portfolios where legumes and vegetables are embedded as line items within much larger food supply contracts. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Mental Health, Georgia school districts, and other state and local food service operations are issuing IFBs, RFPs, and RFQs for consumables, fresh fruits and vegetables, and food service groceries, but these solicitations typically list dozens or hundreds of line items spanning proteins, dairy, grains, produce, condiments, and serviceware—not dedicated legume procurement. When legumes appear in recent opportunities, they are subordinate line items within broader food supply agreements rather than standalone commodity buys.

Geographic activity clusters in Texas (multiple TDCJ and HHSC solicitations), Georgia (school nutrition programs and county boards of education), and Illinois (state corrections and mental health departments), with additional school district procurement in Wisconsin and activity scattered across local jurisdictions in Texas and other states. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 for consumables at Lufkin State Supported Living Center due October 23, 2026, covering 22 line items of prepared foods and serviceware; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's multiple fresh fruit and vegetable solicitations (IW267420, IW267411, IW253121, IW253099) for food warehouse delivery in fall 2026; the Illinois Department of Corrections' RFQ 27426DOCJOLIEB53849 for fresh produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center due September 3, 2026, specifying onions, peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, and other produce on a bi-weekly schedule; and the Bartow County School System in Georgia's RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables due June 22, 2026, with contract award anticipated July 20, 2026. None of these solicitations name French green lentils as a procurement line item, indicating minimal current state and local market demand for the commodity at the standalone Commodity code level.