UNSPSC 50407031: Gobo

The type of vegetable known as gobo

UNSPSC 50407031 Gobo, a Commodity code, is not actively solicited by state and local governments in the recent opportunities dataset. Instead, state and local procurement offices are buying fresh produce—fruits, vegetables, and related food service items—under related codes, with gobos absent from the posted solicitations. The recent activity reflects institutional food service purchasing across a broad range of produce categories, including fresh and frozen vegetables, prepared foods, and food service supplies, rather than the specific root vegetable the code nominally covers.

State and local issuing bodies purchasing produce include Texas health and human services facilities (the Lufkin State Supported Living Center, Mexia State Supported Living Center), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (multiple food warehouse locations), Illinois state agencies (Department of Corrections, Department of Mental Health), school districts (Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin, Bartow County Schools and Dougherty County Board of Education in Georgia, Bryan County Schools in Georgia, Early County Schools in Georgia), Collier County Parks and Recreation in Florida, Head Start programs (Greater Dallas), and the City of San Antonio's senior services division. Recent opportunities span the South and Midwest, with Texas, Illinois, Georgia, and Florida showing the heaviest recent activity. Representative solicitations include the Texas HHS Commission's IFB HHS0018082 for consumable foods including prepared foods and food service supplies for Lufkin State Supported Living Center (due October 23, 2026), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's multiple IFBs for fresh fruit and vegetables to food warehouse locations (due October 14 and October 19, 2026), the Illinois Department of Corrections' IFB 27426DOCJOLIEB53849 for fresh produce bi-weekly delivery to Joliet Treatment Center with a small business set-aside (due September 3, 2026), Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks sourced within 400 miles of Madison with a Wisconsin diversity procurement preference (due July 29, 2026), and Bartow County School System's RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables sourced within 400 miles (due June 22, 2026). The code does not appear to drive current state and local procurement volume; vendors pursuing institutional food service contracts should map opportunities to the broader fresh produce and prepared food commodity families rather than assume gobo-specific demand.