UNSPSC 50404612: Chinese lettuces

The variety of lettuce known as chinese lettuces

UNSPSC 50404612 Chinese lettuces (Commodity) sees active recent procurement from school nutrition programs and institutional food service buyers sourcing fresh produce for child nutrition, school breakfast and lunch programs, and senior services. State and local governments are buying lettuces and related fresh vegetables as components of broader fresh-produce contracts, often paired with other produce line items and subject to USDA food safety, Buy American, and nutritional compliance requirements. The issuing bodies span school districts (Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin; Northside Independent School District in Texas; Savannah-Chatham County Public School System and multiple Georgia school districts; Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida; Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut), state departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice for institutional food service), county school systems (Bartow County Schools, Dougherty County Board of Education, Bryan County Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, Muscogee County School District, Glynn County Board of Education, Henry County Schools, Douglas County Schools in Georgia), and purchasing cooperatives (GEC Buying Cooperative). Recent solicitations emphasize locally sourced produce, HACCP compliance, traceability by farm of origin, organic and pesticide-free options, temperature-controlled delivery, and weekly or twice-weekly distribution to multiple school sites.

Activity concentrates in Georgia (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Glynn County, Henry County, Douglas County, Savannah-Chatham) and Texas (Northside Independent School District, McAllen Independent School District, Austin Independent School District, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), with secondary activity in Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools), and Missouri (Rockwood School District). Representative recent opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District issuing an RFB for Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Snacks with bids due July 29, 2026, requiring 5,900 servings weekly of produce sourced within 400 miles and delivered in ready-to-eat, pre-packaged form with traceability documentation and a 5% preference discount on organic items; Bartow County School System (Georgia) posting RFP 10-2026-019 for Local Fresh Fruit and Vegetable with proposals due June 22, 2026, requiring sourcing from farms within 400 miles and weighted evaluation emphasizing seasonal variety (25 points), cost (30 points), and product quality (15 points); and Douglas County School System administering RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative with proposals due March 4, 2026, covering 72 produce line items for 30 Georgia school districts with estimated combined annual spending of $5.5 million and cost-plus-net pricing structures. Contracts typically run July 1 through June 30 with one to four renewal options, firm pricing for 60 to 90 days post-award with six-month redetermination provisions based on USDA market data, and general liability insurance requirements of $500,000 to $2,000,000.