UNSPSC 50405903: Dulse

The variety of sea vegetables known as dulse

UNSPSC 50405903 Dulse is a Commodity code. State and local governments do not purchase dulse—a specific seaweed product—under this code based on recent solicitation activity. The seventeen most recent opportunities posted under 50405903 span fresh produce procurement for school nutrition programs, institutional food service, child nutrition, and senior services, with solicitations naming apples, bananas, broccoli, carrots, lettuce, oranges, potatoes, strawberries, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, white potatoes, carrots for canning, and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks. No vendor has been asked to supply dulse or any seaweed product. The code appears to be a tagging error or misclassification in state and local procurement systems; procurement activity is concentrated in broad fresh produce categories, not the narrow commodity the code nominally describes.

School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with sealed-bid and RFP procurements from Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas), Austin Independent School District (Texas), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), multiple Georgia county school systems (Bartow, Dougherty, Bryan, Bulloch, Liberty, Muscogee, Glynn, Henry), McAllen Independent School District (Texas), Early County Board of Education (Georgia), and Meriden Public Schools (Connecticut). State departments of criminal justice in Texas appear as repeat institutional buyers seeking bulk produce for canning and cafeteria operations. The City of San Antonio's Department of Human Services and Head Start of Greater Dallas represent municipal and nonprofit purchasers. Geographic activity clusters in Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Connecticut, with Texas Department of Criminal Justice posting multiple IFBs for carrots, sweet potatoes, and white potatoes in June and March 2026. Representative recent opportunities include Northside Independent School District RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce delivery to 117 campuses across the San Antonio area (proposal due May 7, 2026); Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs spanning 30 school districts in two Georgia regions with estimated annual spend of approximately $4.4 million and $1.1 million respectively (proposals due March 4, 2026); and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB for 1,200 tons of carrots with bids due March 17, 2026. School districts consistently require HACCP certification, Buy American compliance, weekly refrigerated delivery, and pricing tied to USDA market reports or index-based markups.