UNSPSC 50404601: Bibb lettuce

The variety of lettuce known as bibb lettuce

UNSPSC 50404601 Bibb lettuce is a Commodity code that state and local governments procure as part of fresh produce supply for school nutrition programs, child care food service, senior services, and institutional food operations. The code sees active bidding across school districts, state agencies, and specialized nutrition programs that source fresh vegetables for meal service compliance with USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), National School Lunch Program (NSLP), and Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) requirements. Recent solicitations reflect heavy emphasis on quality standards, traceability, delivery logistics, and cost-plus or fixed-price contracting models that incorporate packaging, temperature control, and farm-of-origin documentation.

State and local issuing bodies pursuing this code span school districts of widely varying scale (from early-childhood programs serving fewer than 20,000 students to metro districts with 80,000+ enrollment), county boards of education, state departments (particularly criminal justice and general procurement), and nonprofit child care networks. Georgia school districts—including Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Liberty County, Glynn County, Douglas County (multi-district cooperative), and Bulloch County—dominate recent posting volume, with Texas school districts (Northside ISD, McAllen ISD, Austin ISD) and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice also active. Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple bids for carrot and potato procurement for institutional food service canning operations (IFB IW253079, IW253121, IW241979), with response deadlines in June 2026. Recent representative opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) RFB 4163 for Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Snacks, due July 29, 2026, requiring 5,900 weekly servings of ready-to-eat produce sourced within 400 miles with organic produce preference; Northside ISD (Texas) RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce across 117 campuses, due May 7, 2026, emphasizing USDA Child Nutrition compliance and Texas-grown sourcing; and Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) RFP 26039RFPDST for FFVP produce delivery to 18 elementary schools, due March 11, 2026 with $600,000 annual budget and GAP certification required. Georgia appears to have the highest concentration of posting activity, with multiple school systems posting produce bids between February and May 2026, followed by Texas and Florida; activity spans states including Wisconsin, Missouri, Connecticut, and Georgia in the recent opportunity record.