UNSPSC 50407002: Aloe leaves

The type of vegetable known as aloe leaves

UNSPSC 50407002 Aloe leaves is a Commodity code naming a single botanical product, yet recent state and local solicitations tagged with this code show no actual procurement of aloe leaves. Instead, they reflect broad fresh-produce and food-service solicitations—institutional cafeteria supplies, school nutrition programs, correctional-facility food warehouses, and senior-center meal operations—in which aloe is either not specified or incidental to orders for conventional fruits, vegetables, proteins, and prepared foods. The issuing bodies span state departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Mental Health, Illinois Department of Corrections), county school districts (Bartow County Schools, Dougherty County Board of Education, Bryan County Schools, Early County Board of Education in Georgia; Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin), municipal and county governments (City of San Antonio, Collier County Board of County Commissioners in Florida), and specialized agencies (Head Start of Greater Dallas, Marion Health Care Coalition). None of the recent opportunities name aloe as a line item, specification, or component of their procurements.

Activity clusters in Texas (TDCJ food-warehouse contracts for fresh produce and bulk staples; HHS procurements for state-supported living centers; Comptroller-managed cafeteria food bids for TDCJ) and Georgia (school nutrition produce bids across multiple districts), with scattered activity in Florida, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 for consumables and food service supplies at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (bids due October 23, 2026), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's multiple fresh-produce RFPs for food warehouses at Palestine, Snyder, and Wynne (responses due October 19 and October 14, 2026), and school-district produce bids such as Dougherty County Board of Education's sealed bid for fresh produce across 24 school nutrition sites (bids due June 16, 2026). The code's taxonomy label does not align with the actual scope of work being procured under it; this mismatch suggests either miscoding by issuing agencies or repurposing of the code for broader produce categories. Vendors targeting this code should verify individual solicitation details and avoid assuming aloe-specific demand.