UNSPSC 50404823: Tonku mushrooms

Variety of mushrooms known as tonku mushrooms.

UNSPSC 50404823 Tonku mushrooms (Commodity) represents fresh produce procurement, though the recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code show minimal direct mushroom sourcing and instead reflect broader fresh-produce and food-service purchasing. State and local issuing bodies—Texas health and human services agencies, school districts, county parks departments, departments of criminal justice, and regional food coalitions—solicit fresh fruits, vegetables, and prepared foods primarily for institutional cafeterias, senior services, state-supported living centers, and school nutrition programs. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 for consumables and prepared foods at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (bids due October 23, 2026), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's fresh fruit and vegetable RFP IW267376 to Palestine with a response deadline of October 19, 2026, and Collier County's ITN for food services at North Collier Regional Park (proposals due March 6, 2025). The issuing-body mix spans state health and corrections departments, school districts (Madison Metropolitan School District, Bartow County Schools, Dougherty County Board of Education, Early County Board of Education, Bryan County Schools), county parks and recreation departments, special-purpose entities like Head Start organizations, and local health coalitions.

The code shows recent activity concentrated in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Florida, and Wisconsin. Texas dominates with multiple TDCJ and HHSC solicitations for fresh produce, frozen foods, and food-service supplies across correctional facilities and state-supported living centers; recent TDCJ procurements include fresh fruit and vegetables for Snyder Food Warehouse (IW267420, due October 14, 2026) and Wynne Food Warehouse (IW267411, due October 14, 2026). Georgia school districts (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Early County) actively solicit local fresh produce with geographic-preference or local-sourcing requirements, typically with June response deadlines for July start dates aligned to school-year cycles. Illinois Department of Corrections and Department of Mental Health procure fresh produce and consumables via small-purchase and competitive procurement; the Joliet Treatment Center fresh-produce RFQ (27426DOCJOLIEB53849, due September 3, 2026) required bi-weekly delivery of specified items meeting USDA criteria with small-business set-asides. Wisconsin school districts (Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4163, due July 29, 2026) source within 400-mile geographic limits with diversity-owned business preferences. Procurement volume, frequency of opportunity posting, and institutional end-use (cafeteria, canteen, and food-service operations) remain steady, but the code's nominal scope—tonku mushrooms specifically—shows virtually no direct representation in recent state and local solicitations; mushrooms are not featured as discrete line items in the representative opportunities examined.