UNSPSC 50405903: Dulse

The variety of sea vegetables known as dulse

UNSPSC 50405903 Dulse (Commodity) encompasses fresh and processed seaweed products, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows minimal relevant buying. The recent solicitations tagged to this code reflect instead a broad spectrum of fresh produce, prepared foods, and food service supplies — apples, bananas, carrots, potatoes, leafy greens, frozen vegetables, chicken, cheese, condiments, and disposable serviceware — rather than dulse or kelp-family marine botanicals. State and local governments are acquiring these commodities through institutional food service channels: correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, mental health facilities, school districts, senior centers, and child care programs. Issuing bodies span Texas agencies (Health and Human Services Commission, Department of Criminal Justice), county school systems across Georgia (Bryan County, Bartow County, Dougherty County, Early County), Illinois state departments (Department of Corrections, Department of Mental Health), Wisconsin school districts (Madison Metropolitan School District), and specialized service providers (Head Start of Greater Dallas, Marion Health Care Coalition, Collier County Parks and Recreation). This buying pattern reflects routine institutional cafeteria stocking rather than specialty food procurement.

Texas dominates recent activity, with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issuing multiple sealed-bid solicitations for food products between May and October 2026. Georgia school systems represent the second-largest cluster, with at least four county school boards posting RFPs and sealed-bid solicitations for fresh produce in May and June 2026. Illinois, Wisconsin, and Florida complete the geographic spread. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 (Lufkin State Supported Living Center consumables, IFB due 23 October 2026), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's multiple fresh-fruit-and-vegetable RFPs (Snyder and Wynne food warehouses, proposals due 14 October 2026), and the Dougherty County Board of Education's sealed-bid solicitation for fresh produce across 24 school nutrition sites (bids due 16 June 2026 at 11:30 a.m.). None of the recent opportunities identified in the source material explicitly solicit dulse or marine-derived food products; the code's nominal commodity does not align with the produce-and-prepared-foods mix actually being procured under it.