UNSPSC 50407023: Dau mue or pea tips

The type of vegetable known as dau mue or pea tips

UNSPSC 50407023 Dau mue or pea tips, a Commodity code, represents fresh produce—specifically pea tips and related leafy greens—that state and local governments procure for institutional food service operations including correctional facilities, mental health centers, state supported living centers, school districts, and senior services programs. Recent solicitations show purchasing concentrated in Texas (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice) and Georgia (school districts, county boards of education), with additional activity in Illinois (Department of Corrections, Department of Mental Health) and Wisconsin (school districts). The work being solicited spans bulk fresh-produce supply contracts for ongoing institutional meal programs, with vendors typically required to deliver on fixed schedules to central warehouses or individual facility sites, meet USDA freshness and quality standards, maintain product traceability, and comply with state procurement certifications and insurance requirements.

State purchasing offices, school nutrition programs, and correctional or mental-health institutional operators dominate the issuing-body mix. Texas Department of Criminal Justice has issued multiple recent fresh-fruit-and-vegetable solicitations (IFB IW267420 Snyder Food Warehouse, IFB IW267411 Wynne Food Warehouse, IFB IW267376 Palestine facility, all with October 2026 response dates); Texas Health and Human Services Commission solicited consumable foods and food service groceries for Lufkin and Mexia State Supported Living Centers (IFB HHS0018082, IFB HHS0017872, IFB HHS0017799, IFB HHS0017798 with August–October 2026 due dates). School districts in Georgia—Bartow County School System (RFP 10-2026-019 due June 22, 2026), Dougherty County Board of Education (sealed bids due June 16, 2026), and Bryan County Schools (sealed bid due May 27, 2026)—have posted produce procurement notices emphasizing local sourcing within 400 miles. Illinois Department of Corrections (Joliet Treatment Center, small-business set-aside RFQ 27426DOCJOLIEB53849, due September 3, 2026) and Illinois Department of Mental Health (Madden Mental Health Center small-purchase solicitation 27444DHSMENTHB53608, due August 14, 2026) represent institutional correctional and mental-health purchasing. Madison Metropolitan School District (RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks, due July 29, 2026) and Collier County Board of County Commissioners (ITN for North Collier Regional Park food services, due March 6, 2025) round out the geographic and issuing-body spread. Pricing is typically firm and fixed on an F.O.B. Destination basis with freight prepaid by the vendor; contract terms run one year with optional renewals; and evaluation emphasizes specification compliance, delivery performance, price, and increasingly local-sourcing or diversity certifications.