UNSPSC 50404508: Tarahumara pinks lentils

The variety of lentils known as tarahumara pinks lentils

UNSPSC 50404508 Tarahumara pinks lentils, a Commodity code, describes specialty legumes that state and local governments source for institutional food service operations—particularly correctional facilities, supported living centers, and school nutrition programs. The code shows recent solicitation activity centered on Texas and Georgia, where state departments of criminal justice, health and human services agencies, and school districts are actively procuring fresh produce, prepared foods, and food service supplies for cafeteria, canteen, and kitchen operations. While the code's nominal name references a specific lentil variety, actual recent procurement activity under this code encompasses broader fresh produce and food commodity sourcing rather than lentils in isolation, suggesting either code-tagging misalignment or use of the commodity designation as a catch-all for institutional produce procurement.

State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (operating multiple regional food warehouses), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (supplying state-supported living centers), Illinois Department of Corrections and Department of Mental Health (institutional food service), Georgia school districts (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Early County), Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin, Collier County (Florida) Parks and Recreation, and Head Start of Greater Dallas. Recent representative solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 for consumables foods at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (due October 23, 2026, covering 22 line items of prepared foods and food service supplies); the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's multiple fresh fruit and vegetable solicitations for regional food warehouses (IW267420 Snyder, IW267411 Wynne, due October 14, 2026); the Illinois Department of Corrections' IFB 27426DOCJOLIEB53849 for fresh produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center (due September 3, 2026, small business set-aside); Dougherty County Board of Education's sealed bid for fresh produce across 24 school nutrition sites (due June 16, 2026, covering 40 produce line items); and Bartow County School System's RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables sourced within 400 miles (due June 22, 2026). The geographic spread encompasses Texas (dominant), Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Florida, with Texas corrections and health agencies appearing as repeat buyers. Activity is recent and sustained across Q2 and Q3 2026, suggesting ongoing institutional food procurement cycles tied to fiscal years and school operational calendars.