UNSPSC 50404821: Woodear mushrooms

The variety of mushrooms known as woodear mushrooms

UNSPSC 50404821 Woodear mushrooms is a Commodity code that frames a narrow product line, yet the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it reveal a broader purchasing pattern: institutions are buying fresh produce — including mushrooms as one item among dozens — for food service operations at correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, schools, and senior services. The code does not accurately reflect the actual scope of work state and local governments are soliciting; most recent opportunities are for multi-item fresh-produce contracts that span vegetables, fruits, and commodity proteins rather than woodear mushrooms specifically. Issuing bodies include state departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Mental Health), county and city school districts (Madison Metropolitan, Dougherty County, Early County, Bryan County in Georgia; Bartow County in Georgia), county governments (Collier County in Florida), and nonprofit food service operators (Head Start of Greater Dallas). The Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Texas Health and Human Services Commission dominate recent activity, each posting multiple solicitations for produce and food service items in the past four months.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Georgia, with secondary presence in Illinois and Florida. Representative opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issuing IFB HHS0018082 on October 16, 2026, for consumable foods including fresh produce for Lufkin State Supported Living Center (bids due October 23, 2026); the Texas Department of Criminal Justice posting IFB IW267376 on October 12, 2026, for fresh fruit and vegetable supply to Palestine, Texas (proposals due October 19, 2026); Collier County Board of County Commissioners issuing an Invitation to Negotiate for food services at North Collier Regional Park on October 8, 2026 (proposals due March 6, 2025); and Madison Metropolitan School District requesting bids for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks under RFB 4163 on July 8, 2026 (bids due July 29, 2026, with sourcing limited to within 400 miles of Madison and within Wisconsin). The code shows active, recurring institutional food-service procurement across multiple states and jurisdiction types, but the UNSPSC taxonomy does not align tightly with the multi-item produce bundles that dominate recent solicitation activity.