UNSPSC 50406100: Sorrels

The type of vegetable known as sorrels

UNSPSC 50406100 Sorrels, a Class code, encompasses fresh produce supply and delivery to state and local institutional food service operations—including correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, school districts, mental health centers, senior services, and child care programs. The code captures what state and local governments actually buy: fresh fruits and vegetables (apples, bananas, carrots, lettuce, onions, oranges, potatoes, tomatoes, strawberries, broccoli, peppers, and seasonal items), prepared produce snacks, and ancillary food service supplies (containers, napkins, trays, straws). Recent solicitations show a mix of issuing bodies across state departments of health and human services, departments of criminal justice, school nutrition programs, county boards of education, municipal departments of human services, and special-purpose districts. Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and Illinois Department of Corrections are repeat buyers posting multiple opportunities in the past four months. The scope of work varies: some procurement is for bulk commodity supply to central warehouses or correctional food warehouses; others specify ready-to-eat processed snacks with traceability by farm of origin for school districts; and some require local-sourced produce within specified geographic radii, with corresponding evaluation preferences.

The code shows significant recent activity across the South and Midwest. Texas dominates the recent-opportunity list with HHS-administered state-supported living center contracts (IFB HHS0018082 for consumables at Lufkin, posted October 16, 2026, due October 23, 2026; IFB HHS0017799 for food service groceries at Mexia, posted August 4, 2026, due August 25, 2026) and TDCJ food warehouse supply contracts (IW267376 for fresh fruit and vegetables at Palestine, posted October 12, 2026, due October 19, 2026; IW267411 and IW267420 for TDCJ food warehouses, posted September 30, 2026, due October 14, 2026; IW253121 for sweet potatoes for canning, IW253099 for white potatoes, IW253079 for carrots, all posted in June 2026). Illinois issues school nutrition and correctional facility produce contracts (27426DOCJOLIEB53849 for Joliet Treatment Center fresh produce, posted August 27, 2026, due September 3, 2026; 27444DHSMENTHB53608 for Madden Mental Health Center, posted August 7, 2026, due August 14, 2026). Georgia school districts—Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Early County—posted sealed-bid RFPs for fresh produce (Bartow RFP 10-2026-019, due June 22, 2026; Dougherty RFP 016-SNS-2027, due June 16, 2026; Bryan sealed bid, due May 27, 2026). Wisconsin school districts bid for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks with local-sourcing requirements (Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4163, posted July 8, 2026, due July 29, 2026). Florida (Collier County ITN for North Collier Regional Park, due March 6, 2025) and Texas cities (San Antonio RFP 26-070 for senior center produce distribution, posted May 27, 2026, due May 27, 2026) round out the geographic spread.