UNSPSC 50404616: Lamb’s lettuces

The variety of lettuce known as lamb's lettuces

UNSPSC 50404616 Lamb's lettuces, a Commodity code, represents fresh leafy produce that state and local governments procure primarily for institutional food service—correctional facilities, mental health centers, state-supported living centers, school districts, and senior services programs. Recent solicitations frame the work concretely: fresh produce supply and delivery to cafeterias, kitchens, and food warehouses, often on bi-weekly or weekly schedules, with strict freshness and quality standards, temperature-controlled transport, and F.O.B. Destination pricing that includes all freight and handling. State and local buyers soliciting under this code span Texas Health and Human Services Commission (state-supported living centers), Texas Department of Criminal Justice (food warehouse procurement), Illinois Department of Corrections and Department of Mental Health (treatment and care facilities), school nutrition programs across Georgia and Wisconsin, county boards of education, Collier County Parks and Recreation, and specialized agencies such as Head Start and senior services divisions. Texas emerges as the dominant buyer by recent volume, with multiple TDCJ fresh-produce solicitations posted between June and October 2026, followed by Georgia school districts and Illinois correctional and mental health facilities. Texas Health and Human Services Commission has posted repeated food-service IFBs for state-supported living centers in Lufkin, Mexia, and other locations, establishing HHS as a repeat institutional buyer.

Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB IW267420 for fresh fruit and vegetables delivered to the Snyder Food Warehouse (response due October 14, 2026) and IW267376 for fresh fruit and vegetable supply to Palestine, Texas (response due October 19, 2026), both issued through the TDCJ Procurement Portal via Bonfire Hub; the Illinois Department of Corrections IFB 27426DOCJOLIEB53849 for bi-weekly fresh produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center, with small-business set-aside status (due September 3, 2026); the Dougherty County Board of Education School Nutrition Program sealed-bid procurement for fresh produce across 24 school sites (bids due June 16, 2026); and the Bartow County School System RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables sourced within 400 miles, emphasizing seasonal variety and farm traceability (proposals due June 22, 2026). Pricing is typically firm and fixed, F.O.B. Destination with vendor-borne freight; evaluation emphasizes specification compliance, delivery reliability, quality assurance, and in school-procurement contexts, local-sourcing preferences and pricing discounts for organic or minority-owned suppliers. Institutional buyers stress USDA compliance, product freshness guarantees, damage replacement at vendor cost, and prompt responsiveness to supply disruptions.