UNSPSC 50407036: Lily bulb

The type of vegetable known as lily bulb

UNSPSC 50407036 Lily bulb is a Commodity code that in practice captures state and local procurement of fresh produce — primarily fruits, vegetables, and related food-service items for institutional feeding programs at correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, mental health facilities, school districts, and senior services. Recent solicitations under this code show consistent demand for fresh fruits and vegetables delivered to institutional food-service operations, though the code's nominal scope (lily bulbs as ornamental plantings) bears no relation to the actual buying activity. State and local governments use this code to tag produce procurement despite the semantic mismatch, making it a working shorthand for fresh-produce supply contracts rather than a literal botanical category. Issuing bodies span state departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Mental Health), county and municipal school districts (Madison Metropolitan School District, Dougherty County Board of Education, Bryan County Schools, Bartow County School System, Early County Board of Education), county government (Collier County Board of County Commissioners), special-purpose districts (Marion Health Care Coalition), and city departments (City of San Antonio Department of Human Services). Texas agencies — particularly HHSC and TDCJ — appear most frequently as repeat solicitors, with TDCJ issuing multiple fresh-produce and vegetable solicitations within a six-month window.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas and Georgia, with secondary presence in Illinois, Florida, Wisconsin, and Oklahoma. Texas dominates the recent-opportunity set, with HHSC soliciting consumables and groceries for state-supported living centers (Lufkin, Mexia locations) and TDCJ posting recurring fresh-produce RFPs for distribution warehouses and prison food service (Wynne, Snyder, Palestine locations). Georgia school districts — Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, and Early County — issued fresh-produce bids for school-year meal programs with local-sourcing preferences (400-mile radius requirements). Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0018082 for consumable foods at Lufkin State Supported Living Center, due October 23, 2026, covering prepared foods and food-service supplies; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice RFP IW267376 for fresh fruit and vegetable supply to Palestine, due October 19, 2026; the Collier County Board of County Commissioners ITN for food services at North Collier Regional Park, due March 6, 2025, with a 10-point local-vendor preference; the Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks under the USDA Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program, due July 29, 2026, with a 5-percent diversity preference and $0.20 per pound organic discount; and the Bartow County School System RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables, due June 22, 2026, requiring produce sourced within 400 miles.