UNSPSC 50404816: Shiitake mushrooms

The variety of mushrooms known as shiitake mushrooms

UNSPSC 50404816 Shiitake mushrooms is a Commodity code that names a single produce item, but recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code rarely specify shiitake mushrooms by name. Instead, buyers use the broader commodity codes and families when procuring fresh produce assortments for institutional food service — including school nutrition programs, corrections facilities, mental health centers, and senior services. The actual buying activity under produce-level codes reflects mixed fresh-produce supply contracts where shiitake mushrooms, if included, arrive as part of a larger weekly or bi-weekly delivery of vegetables spanning carrots, lettuce, peppers, tomatoes, onions, broccoli, and other staples. State and local food service procurement is dominated by corrections departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections), school districts (Madison Metropolitan, Bryan County, Early County, Dougherty County, Bartow County in Georgia), health and human services agencies (Texas HHSC for state-supported living centers, Illinois Department of Mental Health), and regional park and senior-services operations. The issuing bodies are predominantly state departments and county school systems, with occasional city and special-purpose procurement offices.

Activity is concentrated in Texas and Georgia, with secondary volume in Illinois and Florida. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 for consumables and food service supplies at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (response due October 23, 2026); the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's multiple fresh fruit and vegetable solicitations (IW267376 for Palestine, IW267420 for Snyder Food Warehouse, IW267411 for Wynne Food Warehouse, all with October or September 2026 deadlines); the Illinois Department of Corrections RFQ for fresh produce at Joliet Treatment Center (response due September 3, 2026, small business set-aside); the Collier County Board of County Commissioners' ITN for food services at North Collier Regional Park (proposals due March 6, 2025); the Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks sourced within 400 miles of Madison, Wisconsin (response due July 29, 2026); the Bartow County School System's RFP for local fresh fruits and vegetables within 400 miles (response due June 22, 2026); and the Dougherty County Board of Education's sealed-bid fresh produce procurement for 24 school sites covering 40 line items (response due June 16, 2026). Most contracts specify bi-weekly or weekly delivery, F.O.B. Destination pricing with freight prepaid, and compliance with food safety and HACCP standards. Local-sourcing preferences (400-mile radius, state-resident vendors) appear in education and senior-services procurement. School districts increasingly weight organic or sustainably sourced produce in evaluation. The code shows sustained procurement activity with seasonal intensity peaking in spring and early summer as districts and institutions bid for next fiscal-year food service.