UNSPSC 50404623: Tatsoi lettuce

The variety of lettuce known as tatsoi lettuce

UNSPSC 50404623 Tatsoi lettuce is a Commodity code naming a single leafy green vegetable variety, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows minimal direct solicitation for tatsoi specifically—the code appears underused or misapplied in current institutional buying. When tatsoi does appear in school nutrition and institutional produce procurement, it surfaces as one line item within broader fresh-produce solicitations targeting mixed salad greens, lettuce varieties, or comprehensive vegetable assortments rather than as a standalone specialty item. The issuing bodies acquiring produce at this code level span school districts (elementary through high schools), county school systems, and specialized nutrition programs serving child-care, Head Start, senior services, and state institutional food service operations across multiple states. School nutrition procurement dominates the landscape, with districts in Georgia, Texas, Florida, Missouri, Connecticut, and California issuing RFPs and ITBs for produce contracts that bundle tatsoi or similar Asian greens within larger fresh-vegetable line items.

Geographic activity clusters heavily in the Southeast—particularly Georgia, where Bartow County Schools, Bulloch County Schools, Bryan County Schools, Dougherty County, Douglas County (via GEC cooperative), Glynn County, and Savannah-Chatham County have all posted fresh-produce solicitations between February and May 2026—and in Texas, where school districts including Northside ISD (San Antonio), Austin ISD, McAllen ISD, and Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida) are active buyers. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issues separate line-item bids for root vegetables and potatoes, but tatsoi does not appear in those institutional-kitchen procurements. Representative recent opportunities include Northside ISD (San Antonio) RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce with response deadline May 7, 2026 (five-day-per-week delivery to 117 school sites); Douglas County School System (Georgia) RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC cooperative serving 30 school districts with proposals due March 4, 2026 and estimated annual spending of $5.5 million across two geographic areas; and Bartow County Schools (Georgia) RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables with submission deadline June 22, 2026 and local-sourcing requirement within 400 miles. No recent solicitations isolate tatsoi as a primary procurement line, and the code's activity level remains low relative to broader lettuce, leafy-green, and mixed-produce families.