UNSPSC 50404815: Portobella mushrooms

The variety of mushrooms known as portobella mushrooms

UNSPSC 50404815 Portobella mushrooms is a Commodity code that nominally covers specialty fresh mushroom procurement, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show no activity purchasing portobella mushrooms or mushrooms as a standalone commodity. Instead, the code has been applied to broad fresh produce solicitations spanning dozens of fruit and vegetable line items, fresh fruit and vegetable program contracts, child nutrition services, and school food service operations where mushrooms appear as one item among many produce categories rather than the primary procurement focus.

School districts and state agencies dominate the issuing-body mix, with the most active buyers being Georgia school systems (Dougherty County Board of Education, Bryan County Schools, Bulloch County Schools, Douglas County School System, Glynn County Board of Education, Henry County Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, and Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools), Texas entities (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Northside Independent School District, Austin Independent School District, McAllen Independent School District, Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida), and Head Start and senior services programs. Texas shows the heaviest recent activity through TDCJ's multiple commodity-specific bids (carrots, sweet potatoes, white potatoes) and school district RFPs, while Georgia school nutrition programs have posted at least a dozen fresh produce solicitations since late February 2026. Representative recent opportunities include the Dougherty County Board of Education's sealed bid for 40 fresh produce line items including carrots, potatoes, and tomatoes (bids due June 16, 2026), Northside Independent School District's RFP for fresh produce to supply 117 district campuses in San Antonio (proposals due May 7, 2026), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB for carrots at 1,200 tons (bids due March 17, 2026), and Douglas County School System's RFP through the GEC Buying Cooperative covering 72 produce line items for 30 Georgia school districts with approximately $5.5 million estimated annual spending (proposals due March 4, 2026). Buyers typically require USDA compliance, HACCP plans, traceability documentation, Buy American certification where applicable, and weekly or twice-weekly delivery to multiple school sites or institutional locations. The code shows active procurement across the South and Southwest, particularly in Georgia, Texas, Florida, and Missouri, with school nutrition programs as the dominant end-user.